Home at last! While I do not generally suffer from jet lag, I still am not a fan of long-haul flights. I try to dress comfortably but I often wish I could just wear my PJs especially this yummy pair of flannel PJs:
Summer Dressing
London turned on another sparkling day so we strolled through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens before doing some Christmas shopping in Knightsbridge and Kensington High Street. We didn’t venture into Harrods or Harvey Nichols but it reminded me that we took shelter in Harvey Nics in Edinburgh when it was raining one time. I’ve never […]
London Turns It On
Today is a 23+C degree sunny day in London (gasp!) which goes some way to assauge the inundation we experienced in the North Country. We are staying at my sister Amy’s place and decided to take a boat ride down the Thames to Greenwich. On our way to the wharf, we crossed the Mall leading […]
Not Long Now
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 […]
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 […]