Unfortunately the weather is not of the best today. We walked straight over to St Mark’s Square in the pouring rain with my hands freezing. Venice is really beautiful though – and I had underestimated how nice it would be not having the constant pressure of traffic. Here is the view from the bell […]
I woke up at 6:30am and ran (well jumped) across the cabin to open the window blind. I was rather expecting to see some Alps, but in fact there was some rather unremarkable French countryside. At this point it began to dawn on me that part of the reason that I had slept so well […]
The way the Orient Express works now is that you leave from Victoria Station, but the train you board is actually the Belmond Pullman, which takes you through to Folkestone. From there you have to transfer to a coach to go through the Eurotunnel, after which you join the Orient Express proper in Calais. The […]
Today we set off for London by plane. At least we are flying BA and not Ryanair this time, although the glory days of the nice little cooked breakfast are gone for good. We had a last minute panic over our clothes as we seem to have about five times more than we would usually […]
Well this week is a very special occasion for me as it is my 50th birthday (I could lie but I won’t). About six months ago, R told me he had something very special planned, but wouldn’t tell me what it was, so I guessed at loads of things. One thing he would tell me […]
I’m down visiting my parents at the moment and had a lovely experience today. One of my mum’s friends has rescued five baby hedgehogs. She found them wandering in her garden in the daytime, disoriented and half-starved with no sign of their mother (who was probably killed on the road). They were immediately taken in […]
MWIS (the mountain weather service) had today down as clear and cold with an 80% chance of clear Munro tops… On that basis we set out to climb Ben Vane. R and I have hypothesised in the past that at the end of each calendar year we could make MWIS a donation of £5 for […]
We went for a walk just after dawn today (having to get up a bit later this week as it is still dark at 7am). The views on the way back down towards the mountains were magnificent. Beinn Lochain under a hat of cloud Beinn Bheula sporting the same style The loch comes into view Amazing […]
We had a lovely day at V’s wedding. It was actually in her and her partner’s (I can say husband now!) new home which made it a lot more intimate than the registrar’s office where R and I had ours. Below is Bella the springer spaniel who is super cute and carries a soft toy […]
I was just about to go to bed last night when I glanced outside the window to see a large pine marten munching on the nuts we had put out for the night time visitors. Unlike the badgers who are pretty phlegmatic about human presence, he was very wary and constantly glancing about. R took […]
