Bus-scratch tourism
Tuesday 30 October I never seem to choose the easiest way to get from A to B. I’m sure those closest to me would agree with that, but today took it to the absurd...
Monthly Archive: October 2018
And Budleigh is still there
Sunday 28 October, 2018 It was, as I discovered, the end of the season and the cafes and kiosks were opening for the last time. I took the train down to Exmouth, looking at...
The peculiar pilgrimage begins
Monday 29 October, 2018 The morning was spent dashing along Brunels’ remarkable coastal railway. I was scarcely able to believe that the line had survived all these years as this high-speed train was splashed...
My name is Alexander Hamilton (…shot)
Thursday 25 October, 2018 This was our last day together, and we were determined to make the most of all the time we had and crammed everything in. The day started with business as...
Ealing, with just a touch of Broadwayi
Wednesday 24 October, 2018 We’re getting to know Ealing rather well, with a few visits to see Bren and Laura over the years, and today’s expedition to our meeting with Glinys and her colleagues,...
Tuesday: three days in one
Tuesday 23 October 2018 All that really survived from the second half of our plans for this trip was the chance to catch up with some leading educators as part of Paula’s grant from...
Going Westward (ho!)
Saturday 27 October, 2018 Strange things on the way to Exeter: English cows seem to have an innate desire to participate in a landscape painting, preferably late-18th Century. Lifeboat used as a canal boat....
Windsor… no photographs please
Monday 22 October, 2018 They weren’t changing guard at Buckingham Palace today, because the Queen was at Windsor. We know this not just because of the flag above the castle, but because we saw...
A bug in every system
18-21 October, 2018 I could say that nothing has been happening for the past four days, but that’s not true. I’m recovering from a stomach bug, the first illness I’ve had in all these...