The temperature in Brittany continued to hover in the mid 30°s. With hardly a breath of wind, I found it too hot to do anything. The poor dogs were expiring. Then we met a Dutch guy who lived in Portugal, our planned destination. He said that the temperature there was breaking records and pushing anContinue reading “A Change of Heart – & A Change of Direction!”
Category Archives: 3rd Trip
Beacon 6 & Black Magic in Brittany – And All Because the Lady Loves… Poole to Penthièvre, France
6am and our ferry ‘Barfleur’ slid across a Poole harbour so smooth that it seemed almost solid. The water glistened like a jewelled mirror, just as it had on so many wonderful days when we had flown across its surface on our windsurfers. Poole Harbour is a very special place. The light is exquisite andContinue reading “Beacon 6 & Black Magic in Brittany – And All Because the Lady Loves… Poole to Penthièvre, France”
A Brief Bark Around Britain – The Thames Path, The National Watersports Festival & ‘A Bit of a ‘Do”!
We had to go to a ‘Do’. My schoolfriend’s mum – my “Other Mother” – Mrs H – had invited me to celebrate her 80th Birthday. It threw me into apoplexy. My entire wardrobe reflected a lifestyle which, for the last two years, had consisted of living in a catering-size Corned Beef tin with theContinue reading “A Brief Bark Around Britain – The Thames Path, The National Watersports Festival & ‘A Bit of a ‘Do”!”
We Pack Up Our Troubles & Climb Back Into The Bubble!
“Oh to be in England /Now that April’s there…” wrote Robert Browning in his poem ‘Home Thoughts From Abroad‘. Like us, he happened to be in Northern Italy at the time. However, on April Fools Day, after two years on the road, we arrived back in the UK. Never mind the chaffinch singing on theContinue reading “We Pack Up Our Troubles & Climb Back Into The Bubble!”
World Wide Walkies 