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Category Archives: Travels
Going Dutch in Delft
I have a backlog of semi-drafted posts from earlier this year. I’m planning to work my way through them. This is the first – from April this year. It took 35 years or so for us to get to the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Community, Cycling, Inspirations, Reflections on life (and death), Travels, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Art, Bath, Bath and NE Somerset council, Cities, Climate change, Community, Cycling, Delft, Integrated transport system, Living, Public health, Reflections, Retirement, Simplicity, Travel, Walking
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Health matters
Something I’ve been reflecting on quite a lot of late, for reasons partly related to me and partly related to others. The latter not mine to share; the former is. A couple of years ago, while walking the London Capital … Continue reading
Vive l’entente cordiale!
Oops! I thought I had posted this ages ago. Apparently not. This was a trip we made in February. Sorry for the delay. Also – I’ve run out of space for photos. Time to get myself in gear and upgrade … Continue reading
A pocket full of Rye
Drawing on what we learnt from our ‘gap year’, we returned to Rye to continue our exploration of a new-to-us part of the country. We stayed at the same lovely b and b where we stayed last year, and visited … Continue reading
Five (good) things on Friday
I seem to have entered a new (and most welcome) phase of having more energy. Maybe co-inciding with longer daylight hours. Roll on the clocks changing later this month…. Here are this week’s Five: Not applying to do a course. … Continue reading
Posted in Allotment, Do what you can with what you have, Five (good) things on Friday, Reflections on life (and death), Retirement, Seeing differently, Travels, Walking
Tagged Bristol, Community, Frugal, hens, London, Reflections, Retirement, Rye, Travel, Two Tunnels Greenway, Walking, Wall art
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Five (good) things on Friday
My goodness, here we are again. Friday morning. (Okay, I know it’s Saturday now. But truly, I wrote this yesterday). Missed a few (again). Life’s been busy, as ever, but definitely in a good way. So, here are a few … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Family, Five (good) things on Friday, Retirement, Travels
Tagged Bath City Farm, Community, Family, Friends, Retirement, Royal Parks Half Marathon, Running
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Where we’ve been
I thought I’d do a quick round-up of where we’ve been while I’ve been absent from my blog. Our habit of monthly trips away lapsed for a while as other things took priority. But we both found through our ‘gap … Continue reading
Posted in Gap year, Local food, Retirement, Travels, Uncategorized, Walking
Tagged Active travel, Family, Friends, London, Museum of Childhood, Reflections, Retirement, Shipton Mill, V&A, Walking
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