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Sunrise, Sunset - the end of the journey
Among all the specifically Egyptian experiences on our special holiday, I finally managed to see the sun rise and set on same day....
Jan 312 min read


Living the dream - 2025
I did it! Seventy new things before my 70th birthday. Last time I posted, at the end of 2024 with three weeks to go before my birthday,...
Jan 312 min read


Sometimes you get what you wish for
The calendar year ends this week and it's usually a time for looking back and looking forward. A couple of lovely things happened in the...
Dec 31, 20242 min read


Make your own Christmas!
A TREE Since we retired and downsized seven years ago there has never been a Christmas tree in our house, except the beautiful white...
Dec 22, 20242 min read


Close to Nature
We could have driven to the famous Bodnant Garden ... but in late May and early June they sell tickets because so many people want to see...
Jul 20, 20242 min read


Bathing in Bath, and other waters
There is a vanishingly small number of mediaeval bridges in Europe with shops built on them which still survive as functioning shopping...
Mar 7, 20241 min read


Six new things for February (in March) - living the challenge twice!
I hadn't factored in time to live this challenge twice - once to do seventy new things, and again to write about all seventy of them in...
Mar 7, 20241 min read
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