Today is our last day in the Dales. Soon we will be back in the land of computers and I can post some of my photos from our invigorating, albeit often wet, adventures. We have hiked miles and miles but all this exercise is offset by lazy afternoons sitting in pubs reading the papers, doing […]
Archives for May 2006
Areas of Brightness
The eskimos may have umpteen different words for snow but the British would surely rival them with different ways of referring to rain. What is “rain clearing to showers, followed by thunderstorms and then light drizzle” other than extremely wet?! May is traditionally the driest month here in England but THIS May is apparently set […]
Rain, rain go away
I know that it is pedestrian to talk about the weather but I have to say that it has been rather ordinary since we arrived in the Yorkshire Dales two days ago. Ever the intrepid hikers, we set off on a walk this morning but have gotten absolutely drenched. Fortunately, we are able to take […]
Au Revoir Axat – Hello Airton
Today (Tuesday) is our last day in Axat, France. We fly to Edinburgh via London tomorrow and travel on to the Yorkshire Dales on Friday. Our apartment in Airton (near Skipton) in the Dales is in a converted mill: It has all the creature comforts EXCEPT a telephone or computer. This means this will be […]
Lazy Sunday Afternoon
My birthday dinner at Hostellerie du Grand Duc on Friday night was very agreeable. The restaurant (and inn) is located just over the hill as the crow flies but several kilometres along a narrow valley by road. Amy, Paul and I were grateful that David was driving. We started off with Blanquette de Limoux, some […]
Mon Bon Anniversaire
While this post may be dated 13 May (it’s on Aussie time), it is actually 12 May here in France and it is my 40th birthday. My sister Amy, and her husband Paul, have joined us from London to help celebrate the occasion and to see a little of the Pyrenees. We undertook a mini-chateau […]
