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Haven’t been to Kew Gardens for a while. The nearest we got recently was walking past when we were “doing” the Thames Path.   Afterwards, we walked along the south side of the river, over Chiswick bridge and back to … Continue reading →

Filling in the bit we missed on previous visits.

More of the partially-derelict Stroudwater Canal. This stretch out of sequence due to vagaries of the Saturday bus schedules.

We took our camper to Sidmouth on the south coast.

A while ago we walked a short part of the Stroudwater Canal, to the west of Stroud. Today, we walked east from Stroud to Sapperton. The canal is being renovated by a team of keen volunteers. The canal will join … Continue reading →

We’ve been in Sicily for three weeks. We liked Sicily when we came a couple of years ago, but we were mostly on the east of the island then and didn’t get a chance to explore the capital, Palermo. Also, … Continue reading →

It’s all over! The festive season, that is. It just happened that our big family party this year fell on the Winter Solstice (21st) which seemed to give the event more relevance, I thought. For an evangelical atheist, like me, … Continue reading →