Long weekend in Rome: Friday 5 May 2017
Not too bad a night’s sleep but my alarm did go off at 5 am UK time 6 am Rome time and we have to get up .. Breakfast is not until 7 so we do have a little time to snooze. Up shower and the other ...
Long weekend in Rome : Thursday 4 May 2017
As I was not working today we had a lie in so got up and finished our packing. We are only taking one small bag less than 10 Kg…. yes its Ryan air from Standstead no frills and no baggage allowa...
Day 2: Saturday 20 Feb 2016:Iddesleigh to Plymouth
We were up very early again after what had been an almost sleepless night for Susan. We had the room over the bar and even I could hear almost every word. The bar was closed and quiet at about 2:3...
Day 1 proper :19 Feb 2016.. happy birthday 61 today!
Well it is my birthday today and so that I don’t just sit around and drink beer it’s the start proper of our Devon Coast to Coast. It is 48 miles to the pub where we are staying tonight so we will...
Devon Coast to Coast: Thursday 18 Feb 2016. The final preparations and the journey down to the start.
Susan and I were awake very early (or more accurately Susan was) we were quite excited about getting away for a couple of days. A few new things to explore… Using my home made tandem rack; thi...
Dartmoor in February…. It was not my idea!
It has been quite a while since I updated my blog and it’s not though lack of things to write about .. it’s the same old issue that if you don’t do it in real time it loses all significance and ...
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside: Saturday 8 August 2015
Just for a change we had decided we would spend some of the weekend in Bournemouth. There were two reasons for this We could cycle some different routes from the “Usual” It was Tim’s birthday an...
Beer “Sampling”…. Playtime?
I should have started this section 45 years ago when I began drinking but of course T’internet was not even invented then. I have not the slightest idea of how many different beers I have savo...