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( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) Under Police Guard Day 4. 24 June 2006 Saturday. A slightly sleepless night last night – humidity was overpowering and I was woken early by the sound of pigeons on the balcony…
Continue reading( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) Venetian Labyrinth From Above Day 3. 23 June 2006 Friday. I faired better on my second morning in getting cold milk for my cereal; also realised that yesterday I drank my coffee…
Continue reading( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) Mind The Gap Day 2. 22 July 2004 Thursday. I wake to the sounds of delivery boats on a nearby canal. After a slight mixup over breakfast with my milk requirements –…
Continue reading( or Drystone Walling and the Dolomites ) Across The Lagoon Day 1. 21 June 2004 Wednesday. Arrived in Venice ahead of schedule, and, having traversed the plush new airport discovering that you can’t get trollies without a 1 Euro…
Continue readingI’ve still got a lot of sorting to do to get the number that I want to have printed, but the Italian photogallery is now complete, and awaiting viewing. Although there are rather a lot of them… ( from Venice…
Continue readingLast night I returned, tired from my excellent and v. enjoyable holiday in Italy. Photos and travelogues to come on the subject, but first, a poll, not entirely unrelated…
Continue readingAfter a gloriously sunny morning, it was like we were back to school this afternoon, as the snow came down, swirling around our second floor office window – and wheee!! – started to settle. An event made all the more…
Continue readingAppalled by the drastic reduction in international conservation holidays on offer from BTCV for this year, I decided to take direct action and write a reasoned accound of my views. If the response I get isn’t acceptable I will forward…
Continue readingYes, I have worked my last 7¼ hours of 2005. Yay, Christmas!! 🙂
Continue readingPiece by piece, page by page, the all new look shepline.com is taking shape. Tonight, whilst half watching the opening two episodes of the utterly dreadful and rediculous Lost, I have been tinkering with the Hungarian and Estonian travelogues. More…
Continue readingThe being that is Thomas, presents to you… ( !!!! PICTURES !!!! ) Lots and lots and lots of pictures from my holidaying in Romania. The words, and lots of ’em, will follow shortly (I promise)…
Continue readingHaving been pootling around all day, sorting out my collected ‘stuff’ for my holiday, I have now packed it all into ye rucksack and set it onto the bathroom scales (electronic one’s). After a bit of a to do over…
Continue readingToday is the kind of day which really puts me in the holiday mood. Yesterday I spent god only knows how much money on essentials like suntan lotion and insect repellent. Even with the 2 for 1 offers at Boots,…
Continue reading( The Land of the Midnight Sun ) The Journey North Day 1. 15 June 2004 Tuesday. A circumfluent route is taken to get to Oxford when Julian arives at my house a little after 7 o’clock. Missing the turn…
Continue readingOn today´s tour of Reykjavik – following on from the Open Air Museum, lunch in a revolving restaurant on top of four disused water towers, a tour of the bus station (for research purposes) – I have now wandered into…
Continue readingStart the week with a hot pot and a swim and finish off with three museums and a hot chocolate to die for…
Continue readingFrom one fjord to another we make our way from hot pool to tern attack to driftwood piles, and so to Breidaholt.
Continue readingand I feel fine…another superb day, but you’ll have to wait for the full story 🙂
Continue readingPaved roads behind us we drive out to the end of island … to the very west of the western fjords…
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