Life's about experiences. These are mine.
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. …
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. The tour is made up of small groups of no more than 15 people. …
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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 …
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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. I was away on business in Helsinki for …
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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. What attracted us there was that it …
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. Outside the station were some …
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. As the train was approaching the station we were stood by the door with …
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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! For us a late start would be …
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 …
When people talk about Italy a number of places come up such as, of course, Rome, Tuscany and the Amalfi coast. We are just along the coast from Amalfi and we decided today to take a local bus and explore out that way. If you have ever seen any photos of the Amalfi coast it …
Continue reading “Italy ‘19 – Day Nine – Sorrento and Positano”