Category Archives: AD (After Dog)

A Change of Heart – & A Change of Direction!

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!”

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”!”