Capturing the moment… #sketching #amdrawing #holidays #beach
Thursday 25 May 2017
Capturing the moment… #sketching #amdrawing #holidays #beach
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Capturing the moment… #sketching #amdrawing #holidays #beach
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And to think that people actually go abroad for sun, sea, sand, and sky…??? #betterintheuk #holidays #20degreesintheshade
Continue readingSunday. What a miserable day it has been today – I don’t think it ever got completely light, although if it had done then we woudn’t have noticed through the endless overlaiden grey sky and rain. We had a quiet…
Continue readingOn the eve of going back to work tomorrow its time for a little bit of a round-up of the last two weeks which have seen me largely oblivious to what day it was. There was our professional photoshoot near…
Continue readingSo, I’m back to work tomorrow after a nice, if tiring, seven days off. Tiring maybe, but its been a good mid-term break between Summer and Christmas. And productive too! Emma and I are now living in a transformed house,…
Continue readingDay 12: Saturday 25 August 2012 Start: 2357km End: 2797km Distance travelled: 440km (278 miles) And so it comes to the final stretch of our road trip adventure. We breakfast again; cereal followed by pancakes and jam – today rhubarb…
Continue readingDay 11: Friday 24 August 2012 Start: 2097km End: 2357km Distance travelled: 260km (161 miles) Cereal for breakfast followed by pancakes with rhubarb jam and a tour of the animals on the farm. They have calves, and a pig and…
Continue readingDay 10: Thursday 23 August 2012 Start: 1779 End: 2097 Distance travelled: 318km (197 miles) We get up extra in order to get through the bathroom before the other guests as there is only one bathroom for three rooms. Our…
Continue readingIt’s been 14 years since I first met my friends Iain and Linzi Murray. It was on Lundy Island, and the scene of my second (of many) National Trust working holidays. That was the holiday that I met Kate –…
Continue readingDay 9: Wednesday 22 August 2012 Start: 1427km End: 1779km Distance travelled: 352km (218 miles) Our last breakfast with Vilborg and we are both very sad about it. She is a lovely person and a wonderful host. In doing a…
Continue readingDay 8: Tuesday 21 August 2012 Start: 1176km End: 1427km Distance travelled: 251km (156 miles) Another good breakfast from Vilborg to begin our second day in the north, before we head out for the high pass over the mountains, but…
Continue readingDay 7: Monday 20 August 2012 Start: 401km End: 845km Distance travelled: 444km (275 miles) Breakfast at 8 o’clock. We have one other couple, French, who are staying at Vilborg’s. The table is laid with every care and attention and…
Continue readingDay 6: Sunday 19 August 2012 Start: 401km End: 845km Distance travelled: 444km (275 miles) The wind definitely whistles through Brautaholt, and blustery as it is outside it is in nowhere near as blustery as it sounds. The day is…
Continue readingSaturday 18 August 2012 Start: 0km End: 401km Distance travelled: 401 km (240 miles) Having collected the jeep last night we were free to take a more leisurely approach to breakfast and to getting all packed up and ready to…
Continue readingDay 4: Friday 17 August 2012 Another nice, leisurely breakfast this morning after another good night’s sleep, if a disturbed once at around 4 o’clock by Emma climbing up from under the back of the bed, across the pillow and…
Continue readingDay 4: Thursday 16 August Plans change. Given second thoughts Janet had decided her Peugeot 206 might be a little small for four people and two dogs so we belayed the trip to the golden circle. Instead, after a leisurely…
Continue readingDay 2: Wednesday 15 August We were not up late, considering the hour that we went to bed, but we had a leisurely breakfast with our cereal laden with fresh fruit and various mjölks. Washing this morning I find it…
Continue readingDay 1: Tuesday 24 August It may be my fourth visit to Iceland but I have never before arrived in the hours of darkness. To keep to our budget we couldn’t afford the normal mid-morning flight that I’ve always had,…
Continue reading~ This weekend has been a weekend of birthdaying. Yesterday we went Ros’ open afternoon of birthday tea, and got to meet her and Nick’s gorgeous new daughter Sophie. We don’t see Ros and Nick (and James and Sophie) nearly…
Continue readingIt has always been the case that Sunday afternoons in January were made for researching holidays. We have been considering a trip to Greenland this year, but we’ve decided that we can’t really afford to do it justice. There are…
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