He who makes plans without consulting me has decided to stay in Henley on Thames for a few days. Fine by me. Bunnies a plenty, a pretty town to explore and I’m always happiest either […]
Category: Great Britain
2018 Day 6 – Corfe Castle
Well it’s finally beginning to feel like we’re on the road. Rain has suspended activity and the sun is out splitting the stones, as the Irish say. Time for our obligatory group shot, which is […]
2017 Day Two
Summer time…and the livin’ is easy… Ella Fitzgerald nailed it, and it’s bliss. We’ve landed in England’s weather glory days. Thoughts of winter are banished in the morning’s bright light, summer berries and fields of […]
Day Forty Five
I think today is officially the halfway mark. I think we are way for about 92 days, but with flights I think it’s half way, or thereabouts. Today is a bit of a non event. […]
Day Forty Four
We are near the town of Whitehaven, which was once a major port, then a mining town until the the Thatcher years, and now…well now it looks a little sad. It’s clear that the town […]
A tyre leak, a deer and red squirrels
On the move again, further north again to the Western Lakes District in Cumbria. We have to fix a slow leak in one of the tyres along the way – not a puncture but a […]
Day Forty Two
In an unexpected turn of events, today we explore the intricacies of the National Health System (NHS). Chris’s leg has become worse and even the shortest walk aggravates it and makes it swell. So, to […]
Day Forty One
We are still in Coniston, in the Lakes District, as I call it “Beatrix Potter Land”, or as the Japanese call it “Peter Rabbit Land”. Today we plan on seeing the Beatrix Potter Gallery and […]
