Wednesday W’s #88.
What’s top of my mind: Credit card fraud. I’m so angry. Remember how I had the voucher from the kids…
Wednesday W’s #87.
What’s top of my mind: The Zombie Apocalypse cupboard is full. I did a big Aldi shop yesterday to stock…
Little Adventure #18: June 2023 – Royal Botanical Gardens.
The next excursion on my “use up the voucher I got for Christmas 3 years ago” was a half-hour drive…
Little Adventures #17: Werribee Open Range Zoo – and a surprise.
(When I retired at the end of 2020, I decided that each month I’d go and do something or see…
Wednesday W’s #86: Life is good.
What’s top of my mind: Getting back into the groove of retirement. 2021 was the year that I didn’t work…
Wednesday W’s #85. Oops, I did it again.
First up, apologies for being a day late again. I just wasn’t in the zone for writing a blog post…
Wednesday W’s #84.
What’s top of my mind: My lounge room. Today I picked up the carpet offcut/rug that I ordered a couple…
Wednesday W’s #83.
What’s top of my mind: Feeling glad I threw the party. On Sunday we had a belated party for 4…
Wednesday W’s #82: BUSY.
What’s top of my mind: I’m throwing a party! While I was away, I had a birthday, David 29 has…
Wednesday W’s – on a Thursday.
What’s top of my mind: SO MUCH! I can’t believe I forgot about Wednesday W’s yesterday. I’ve suddenly become really…
Travelling for 5 weeks with only ONE dress.
Hands down, this is a wonderful outfit to travel in. The dress is Sierra, a swing dress that can easily…
Days 34 and 35. Homeward bound – plus souvenirs for light travel.
Here am I at Market Harborough station, waiting for my train to London. The morning was spent trying to get…
Days 33: Market Harborough, Kirby Hall and Bede Almshouse.
Here is the building that graces the middle of Market Harborough. It’s a grammar school built in 1640, with the…
Day 32: Wimpole Hall.
Today was primarily a travel day to get from Maldon to Market Harborough, where I’ll be staying for a couple…
Day 31: a picnic at the decommissioned nuclear plant.
Today was the day that Scott went to explore his roots. His family is from England and we were near…
Day 30: Colchester Castle, an arty house and Harwich.
“Colchester has seen better days,” said Scott as we picked our way through the shopping mall in the centre of…
Day 29: Grand ambitions all for naught – Paycockes House and Layer Marney.
We emerged from our B and B to find this natty little MG parked on the side of the road.…
Day 28: Audley End, Saffron Walden and other chocolate-box villages.
We drove through the pretty little village of Thaxted on our way to see Audley End. Here are some snaps…
Day 27: Goodbye to Ireland and hello to Maldon.
Four of us were on the bus at 7:15 for our drop-off to the airport. Single Carol and I chatted…
Day 26: Dublin Day!
Today is the last full day of our tour. It’s a day in Dublin, with four major stops. The first…
Day 25: the reason Ireland is so green.
We were supposed to see The Rock of Cashel this morning. Unfortunately, Ireland was dealing with the aftermath of a…
Day 24: Kinsale, Fort Charles and Cork.
I write these posts by taking photos as I go, of course, but also writing notes. As I was getting…
Day 23: a kiss of the Blarney Stone.
When we’re riding from place to place in the coach, Ben sometimes sings songs or tells stories to pass the…
Day 22: The Ring of Kerry. A bit of a fizzer…
If I’d known that this was going to be the best view we’d see today, It’d have enjoyed it a…
Day 21: The Cliffs of Moher.
“On the coast, you will travel to the Cliffs of Moher. Braced against the ocean, on the coast of County…
Day 20: Connemara, Kylemore Abbey and a fjord.
Connemara was beautiful and wild. It’s harder country here than where we’ve been so far. Ben was telling us about…
Day 19: a boat ride and a grave.
Do you remember the two church spires from the last post? Here they are from the lake. Queen Elizabeth walked…
Day 18: a quick trip to America and an even quicker walking tour of Derry.
We started off the day with a fabulous tour of Derry, half in the bus and then half walking over…
Day 17: Irish whiskey and a Giant’s Causeway.
Today we were driving along the coast towards the oldest licensed whiskey maker in Ireland. I sit up near the…
Day 16: Belfast.
As I travel, I often take notes on my phone to remind me of things, particularly when I’m listening to…