Published in Saturday Star on May 19. Puffing and panting to the top of England, examining the inside of a cloud, the strange call of a banshee breaking the eerie silence. It is mid-August, supposedly high summer but after all, it is the wettest place in England. On conquering the top I feel like Sir Read More »
Well it didn’t look all that promising this morning. It was grey and overcast but warm, so ideal really for a walk. My brother had decided to head off to the Yorkshire Dales, a beautiful part of the county made famous by television programmes like All Creatures Great and Small and Last of the Summer Read More »
Since we had the car for a second day, we decided to drive west. Our original plan was to drive to St. David’s and we did, we just weren’t prepared for how amazing everything along the way would be. Our first stop was Carreg Cennen Castle on the western edge of Brecon Beacons National Park. Read More »
After a pleasant stroll along the Ness Islands, we caught the bus to Aviemore. The Ness Islands are a fascinating arrangement of islands connected by bridges in the Ness River. They demonstrate the roaring power of the river as well as the peacefulness also found there. The host at the B&B in Inverness recommended that Read More »
Today was the first rainy day. The weather has been so great, but now its wet. I’d actually packed expecting the weather to be dismal like this all along, and until now, I’d been sweating it out all day every day. So I wasn’t complaining. The bus took us passed Loch Lommond – or more Read More »
Our last full day in Seahouses and the wather is not looking good. The boats can’t go out because of the wind and there are showers passing through. Still that doesn’t stop us heading for the beach – albeit for a walk rather than a swim. We are heading north into the cold wind, towards Read More »
ENGLISH VERSION – CYMRAEG ISOD It was warm in Fiji, but upon arriving in New Zealand we discovered that things were going to be slightly colder for our next leg of the trip! “The whole town smells of rotting eggs” “…roedden ni ar ein ffordd i lawr y mynydd cyn i ni sylweddoli ein bod ni wedi bod Read More »
It was so tough to leave Pengadaran, even tougher because it meant that we needed to get back on the god awful train. And it was god awful, as before. Luckily, it was only 4 hours, so we survived. Barely… lol I can say that I was honestly a little concerned to be going to Read More »
“For sheer downright misery, give me a hurricane, not too warm, the yard of a sailing ship, a wet sail and a bout of sea sickness.” Apsley Cherry Garrard, with Scott’s Expedition A couple other cool out-of-the-way places on South Georgia are Moltke Harbour and Gold Harbour, where we anchored and landed by our now-trusty Read More »
Flores & Santa Elena We get to leave Guatemala City and we know exactly where the Tikal Jets terminals are. Our shuttle driver told us that Tikal Jets got its own special terminal because the mayor of Guatemala City owns the airline and of course — it’s in bankruptcy. In search of Mayan temples and the Read More »
