Life's about experiences. These are mine.
One of our favourite films is Amelie, a love story set in Paris, and today we set about trying to find some of the locations of the film. Coffee, Religion and the Republic Much of what we wanted to see was in the Montmartre area so we headed out there on another bright, but autumnal …
Continue reading “Paris 2026 – Day Three – Desperately Seeking Amelie”
We tried out a different cafe for breakfast this morning which also give us the opportunity to check out the weather and gauge our clothing choices. It was fresh but dry and it could only get warmer, right? I elected to go without a coat trusting that I’d be warm enough in just a jumper. …
Continue reading “Paris 2026 – Day Two – Big Ticket Items”
Paris is somewhere that we haven’t been for a very long time, probably 20 years or more, and so we decided that it was well overdue a visit. On the journey over, and to get me into the mood, I watched the film “Le Château de ma mère”, based on Marcel Pagnol’s autobiographical books. I’d …
Ok, not just any churches but an Abbey and a Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Cathedral to be precise. Westminster Cathedral The idea of visiting Westminster Cathedral was that it has a bell tower from which you can, apparently, see great views over the centre of London. I say apparently, as when we arrived we found …
Continue reading “A Tale of Two Churches, Westminster, London”
Reading has many things going for it but one of the greatest successes must be Reading Buses. This year they are celebrating their 125th anniversary and all of that time they have remained publicly owned. They have even managed to see off Margaret Thatcher’s attempt at privatisation (sorry, I mean, Bus Deregulation) which is no …
After a comfortable nights stop at The Trout and a full English we were ready for another days walk – today only ten miles. Before leaving we spoke to one of the pub workers who lives on a boat at New Bridge, which we’d passed yesterday. He drives to work as it would take him …
Continue reading “Thames Path – Day Nineteen – Tadpole Bridge to Lechlade”
We’re on the home stretch of our Thames Path journey now with just four stages to go. We headed out today for a double header taking us even closer to our goal. The problem with two day walks As we are trying to do the whole length just using public transport we had to make …
Continue reading “Thames Path – Day Eighteen – Eynsham to Tadpole Bridge”
This last week has very much been about planes, trains and automobiles. Today’s post covers the former of that triumvirate. There is something fascinating (to me) about transport and as far as I am concerned, the bigger the better. So an opportunity to see some of the largest planes up close and in action was …
Continue reading “Heathrow Viewing Area, Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow”
At the third time of asking I finally managed to get to see a screening of the film “People’s Emergency Briefing“. This is, for those that haven’t heard about it, a 50 minute film about climate change based on presentations given by “so-called” experts to select politicians held in Westminster last year. Grass Roots Movement …
The Oxford Bus Museum is what I would call notionally in Oxford given that it is ten miles north of the city. However, it is just 15 minutes by train, which is how I arrived. Google Maps had said that from Hanborough station it was a seven-minute walk to the museum, but it turned out …