Running has become a part of my daily routine ever since I took part in a 5K “Fun Run” early in 2012. This was the lead up to the featured “Stawell Gift” which is Australia’s oldest race and takes place every Easter weekend in Stawell, a small town in the Grampian Mountains district of western … Continue reading
As I sit typing this blog entry I occasionally look outside the window to the San Francisco street scene below. Among the kids scampering down the hill to school, the couples walking their dogs, the pick-up trucks driving to their next construction site (the new housing market doesn’t seem to be hurting in Noe … Continue reading
Geez, has it been that long since I have posted? We’re into autumn for goodness sake! I shouldn’t berate myself for not having had the will or inclination to write. Well, I have been writing, just not in a public forum. Writer’s block is a real thing, I tell you, and as I learn more … Continue reading
Happy 2012! This comes to you from Minneapolis, the place from where we took off to start the Grand Tour in April, and now a place to which we have returned to rest, clear our heads and plan next steps. Why are we back here? It all started with an officious UK immigration lady who … Continue reading
I can’t believe we have been on this journey for six months. Six months! A length of time that sounds generous in the workaday world is a mere fleck in the travel world, especially given all the places we want to visit. If you look at the map it doesn’t seem as though we have … Continue reading
Readers, below is a snapshot in time from a galaxy not so far away… —————————————– Today is intended to be our third day trip from York in as many days. The previous two saw us complete a wonderful seven-mile coastline hike along the North Sea cliffs from Robin Hood’s Bay to the beautiful seaside abbey … Continue reading
grand tour of the middling sort 