Life's about experiences. These are mine.
A familiar response when I tell people that we are off on holiday is “again?” I am aware that we go away a reasonable amount and do plan our trips away a long time in advance but nevertheless it does always strike me as an odd response.… Read the rest
Last last year I read Ken Follett’s Fall of Giants, the first novel in his Century trilogy. The book follows the fortunes of a number of families in the UK, US, Germany and Russia. One family comes from a mining community in South Wales and the story paints vivid picture of life down the mines.… Read the rest
Occasionally I do something that I do not think that I can convey the awesomeness of through my words alone. A trip to the Mini factory in Oxford is one such trip. Nevertheless I am going to give it a go.… Read the rest
It’s that time of the year again when we try and counter the excesses of Christmas and prove that our National Trust Membership is still worth having. This is year six and you can see the previous entries here: 2014/5, 2015/6, 2016/7 (either didn’t do it or forgot to write about it that year), 2017/18 and 2018/19.… Read the rest
Readers may take a look at what is written below and question whether I have really been to Helsinki asking can you really say you have been to a place if you only see it at night? That was Helsinki for me back end of November 2019.… Read the rest
A final jaunt round the Circumvesuviana this morning to the town of Ercolano or, as it is better known, Herculaneum.
Having done Pompeii a couple of days ago we toyed with whether to bother with doing the lesser known brother too but I am glad that we did.… Read the rest
In what is becoming something of a regular occurrence we were once again on the Circumvesuviana this morning stopping at Pompeii. However, it wasn’t to go back to the site again but to pick up a local bus to Vesuvius. The cause of all the trouble in the first place.… Read the rest
This morning we found ourselves back on the hard seats of the Circumvesuviana but not going as far as Pompeii this time. Today it was a trip to the Funivia del Faito, a cable car to the top of Mount Faito.… Read the rest
After the ‘punishing’ schedule of the last ten days we decided to take it easier today. Neither Helen nor I are ones to sit around and read a book or brown ourselves on a sun lounger so this was going to be a challenge for both of us!… Read the rest
If you ever have cause to complain about GWR come and have a ride on the Circumvesuviana. This train runs from Sorrento to Naples calling at a number of top tourist places on the way such as Pompeii. Given that this is a top shop window for tourists you would perhaps expect this to show off what the best Italian transport has to offer.… Read the rest