Archive: “Travels”
In the early 1970s my wife, Susan and I bought a little touring caravan, which gave us considerable pleasure, and allowed us to become familiar with many parts of the country which we otherwise may never have seen. The children, Lee, John and Sarah all became experienced caravanners in their respective childhoods, and although we […]
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The summer of 2003 had not been a particularly happy time for me in terms of my health. Over the preceding three years I had been a frequent user of the local primary health care facilities, visiting the Health Centre and summoning the Doctor-on-call on numerous occasions. I experienced a variety of ills; palpitations, panic […]
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Sometime over the weekend of 18-19 June 2005 I had a hint from Sarah that John was thinking of driving to Nordwalde, near Münster, in north-west Germany and that I might be invited to accompany him. A little background information is required here. John is building a ‘project’ car in his garage, at home in […]
Read more »Some years ago Lee, my elder son, took us on a day-trip to France, took us in the sense that he drove us in his car. We drove around to various well known sites from WW1, including the monument at Thiepval and Albert. Walking through a public garden in the latter town I spied a […]
Read more »Driving along the A40, Oxford By-pass in the VW 412 Variant with our caravan in tow. In the rear view mirror I noticed that we were being followed by an ancient Rover 105. As this venerable machine overtook us we saw that it was wearing a large padded armchair, which was balanced precariously on a […]
Read more »Susan, Sarah, John and I were on a caravanning holiday at Brecon in South Wales, when Susan came out with this gem. We had walked to the top of a nearby hill, taking with us an Ordnance Survey map of the area. From this vantage point we were able to identify, on the landscape below, […]
Read more »In the summer of 1999 we had a lovely ten-day holiday in Malta. The weather was so hot as to be almost unbearable, so much so, that as we went to step out of the aircraft at Malta Airport, the flight attendant warned us that it would be like stepping into an oven! She was […]
Read more »One of our favourite areas, in our caravanning days, was the beautiful and spectacular Elan Valley, in mid-Wales. The river Elan has been dammed at several points near the town of Rhayader, in order to provide a water supply for Birmingham. The resultant lakes have enhanced the already lovely countryside and provided scenery to equal […]
Read more »It was 1994 and we, Susan, Myself, Lee, John and Sarah were on holiday in the area of Rastenberg, in what had been, until not long before, the communist state of East Germany. There was considerable reconstruction under way, but it was very obvious that the area was years behind the west in many ways. […]
Read more »My son Lee and his partner Debbie recently enjoyed a short holiday in Cyprus, an island which they have visited several times now. Whilst having a meal at a local restaurant they fell into conversation with the Cypriot owner and two waitresses. In the event they stayed most of the evening, exchanging experiences and listening […]
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