Europe 2015
Yesterday we visited Combe hill, peak of the Chilterns at 900 feet and the Boer War monument. In the forest, some wag had placed a paper 'eye' on a lochness monster shaped piece of forest timber. Michael came from london last night for meal and styaed the night.
Europe 2015
A trip to Marlow, a fashionable town on the Thames, for lunch with a friend of 60 years duration. Marlow has a famous rowing club and pleasant pubs, where, at the george and Dragon, we ate lunch. Louis enjoyed the swings in a playground and we marvelled at a very
Europe 2015
A mile of so from Jacqui and Tom's house, through some beautiful larch, beach and hornbeam woods, lies the old town of Great Missenden, home to the author Roald Dahl. There is a museum and teashop (which I pictured inside) with many of his famous characters in evidence
Europe 2015
We started out by train from Caringbah. Travelling via Hong Kong, you see some pretty bizarre travellers! The airport 'maps' are not the least helpful. I include the obligatory 'landing wheels' pic and the moment we first reached Jacqui Tom and Louis. On arrival at their
Scouting
Today at 9.00am in a bush camp location, in great weather 7 of us were presented with Wood Badges--for scouting afficionados--the highest Leader Award in Scouting.
Family
Just before leaving, daughter Caryl and I visited the Vivid light show in Sydney. It was varied and spectacular, especially the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Europe 2015
We leave tomorrow for London where my UK mobile number will be 0751 777 0575 Our house will be occupied and the cat cared for- most important!
Bushwalking
Today I joined cousin John in Leura for a walk to Dark's cave, below Fortress Ridge, at the head of the Grosse Valley. We only made a teeny weeny navigational error at the start, corrected by use of a map and satellite map grid reference numbers! After scrambling
Scouting
On Friday night I went first to a Joey scout meeting where they cooked backed potatoes on one of the best fires I have seen in a long time! They also made some chocolate cake baked in an orange peel. Before I could taste either, I moved on to a
Home, Garden and Sydney
In the morning, Roger and I had booked space on a recycling tour in the Shire. An amazing hole, 200 metres long and 20 metres deep, will contain all the landfill for the next 7 years. Previous landfill operations have been bored and fitted with extraction tubes to yield methane
Kayaking
Friend Holly brought along another backpacker, Jules, from Brittany, so we kayaked from Swallow Rock to Audley and the Café there. We found ourselves in a lot of mud, disembarking at Audley. Jules was supposed to be writing this entry in French, but I think he left for Manila the
Family