The weather has been pretty depressing the last week or so. Even when it didn't rain, we shivered and shook and got nearly blown off the promenade onto the beach with the dog.   Anyway I got to thinking of warmer climes that we've experienced ... Read more

This picture was taken last year at the National Trust's Kingston Lacey.

I'm posting pics of Menorca all over the place at the moment.  This one is of the harbour at Fornells in the north east of the island.   The reason I'm doing this is because I'm joining the honoured ranks of Writelinkers with my first pie... Read more

In my last post I mentioned the scenic situation of our Brixham caravan site. We got a number of glimpses of the sea from near to our van and a panoramic view from the reception and club area.  On the Sunday morning we explored a footpath betwee... Read more

Day one of our holiday.  We found ourselves on an expensive but pretty minging caravan site.  This was made up for by the wonderfully scenic situation just south of Berry Head. We took the Western Lady ferry service to Torquay and I reminis... Read more

Ann's (Wordsmith) latest post sent me scurrying to my other blog to find my own post about place names, written last June.  These are all in Dorset and I thought I'd copy some of it here. For the full post see here. The day that I crossed the H... Read more

Back now from our relaxing week away.  One of the highlights was a couple of visits to Hay on Wye, place of bookshops galore.  I can't blelieve I escaped buying more than two books.  One of the most interesting aspects was the honesty ... Read more

  Reading the forums here, I discovered David's post about Google Picasa and thought I'd try it out. This is a pic of the famous Papagaya Beach in Lanzarote.  I took it from the sea when we were holidaying on the isl... Read more