London 2014
Cousin Valerie, in Aylesbury, generously arranged tickets for us both to go to Blenheim (Mary was 'Dobbying' in Sydenham ). The journey through from Sydenham, through Marylebone and from Stoke Mandeville, took the train through my home town of Harrow. Very strange sensation, really, to pass through your old
London 2014
Once back in London and our two 'abodes', we went with Jacqui to Dulwich Park and I took the opportunity to get some pics of Louis, there were kids hiring some great reclining cycles and Mary found an excercise machine! Later we had a meal at Jacqui and
Devon 2014
We stayed locally, Mary swam and we walked the beach and later visited a hilltop with great views. The scenery here is truly stunning, including the rock compositions, I even found a sulphur strata at the beach--very unusual. I wrote in charcoal on a pebble a message seen on
Devon 2014
Leaving Roscoff at 9.30am we quickly found that our 'rash' decision to book a cabin for a daytime crossing was an excellent idea--we slept for several hours on the journey. Picked up a Vauxhall Corsair at AVIS and drove to our cottage.
Pictures for Brice
For me, the most amazing thing about this place is that you can leave your home as late as noon and still have 10 hours of full sunshine ahead of you; not even midsummer day. We went back to this island, walking only this time, where Mary found a bikini
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Following yesterday's long travel trip, we decided on a (cold!) dip in the sea, closely watched by the three lifesavers, who agreed to be pictured here (thanks guys!) and I include some beach signs here. (For fellow French students-there will be a test on the use of
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The website breizhgo.com is brilliant for carless travel in Brittany, by TGV and bus, even if you sometimes have to follow a cyclist with his dog! We used three TGV trains and a bus to get to Port Ploumanac'h and two buses to get home. This place
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Last night we had a spectacular sunset at our hotel front and I realised just how well placed and attractive our small hotel is.
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Yesterday we went by short ferry ride, from a verylong pier, to the VERY Breton island of Baht'z, just off the coast from Roscoff. It is a very small island growing potatos and the famous Breton onions, being harvested, often by hand and the onions traditionally sold by
Pictures for Brice
(Skip this entry if you don't like history- or philosophy!!) Because philosophy is taught to children from age 5, in France, their graffiti is far more erudite than ours. I saw another which simply said,in French--"sorry for your wall"! A shuttle train took us
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The shock of deciding to suddenly leave Devon, return the car (probably a mistake, on reflection) get on an overnight Brittany ferry and check into a Breton Hotel (Tamaris) rendered me incapable of doing the blog! Mary took a nice pic of the moon rising as we left Plymouth and
Devon 2014
First a news flash--we made a sudden decision to take advantage of being near Plymouth and have booked a week in Roscoff, Brittany, leaving tomorrow. Our circular walk took us along the S. Coast path and inland, where we found an unexpected seat in a remote spot, for our