It’s been all a bit much, car from Bath to Gatwick, plane from Gatwick to Lyon airport, tram from Lyon airport to Lyon city centre, train from Lyon to Firminy, bus from Firminy to Le Puy then walked to my hotel. PHEW! To make matters worse the bus should have been a train but they…
My Birthday Cake. Today is my birthday and this was my birthday cake, it was delicious. One daughter and two granddaughters helped us eat it. A note on the candles, Mrs Sixwheeler did not have the right ‘numbers’ candles so made it up with sixty five plus two more. Now that’s what I call initiative.…
This time tomorrow I will, hopefully, be very near to Le Puy en Velay in southern central France and from there I will start walking Stevenson’s Way on Friday. This is designated the GR70 and I will be away for two weeks. Needless to say I will be blogging so if you are not already…
Maude (again). I caught Maude catching a bit of sun this morning. I’m glad she was enjoying the moment as I’m well aware that she knows I’m going away, she’s sensitive to the signs, and she will be a bit subdued while I’m away. On the other hand when I get home the welcome is…
Stone Roof Shingles. These stone roof shingles are typical of country buildings of this area of the West Country and Cotswolds. Their robustness and irregularity is most attractive. 1 September 2014
Comma Butterfly. Following an unseasonable break in the weather with colder conditions and lots of rain, it’s stopped. Today the sun has come out and it has warmed up beautifully and we have been able to sit out in the garden again. Looking round there has been a great deal of butterfly activity the best…
Storm on the Lawn. Bit late posting today,we’ve been to Storm on the Lawn’s production of Robin Hood. It was excellent. Storm on the Lawn is a youth theatre project organized by the Theatre Royal in Bath each summer. About sixty young people, including my great-niece Ella, have three weeks to produce, rehearse and perform…
Sweet Chestnuts. Walked Maude in Weston Park this afternoon and came across these sweet chestnuts ripening. On such a small tree I can’t think they will come to much for a few years but there are prodigious numbers of fruit this year. Not very friendly things to pick! 29 August 2014
Ivor Gurney Memorial Window. We have been to Gloucester Cathedral today because I particularly wanted to see the Ivor Gurney Memorial Window and as the memorial is in two parts it demands two pictures. Ivor Gurney was born a Gloucester man and sang in the cathedral choir and subsequently studied at the Royal College of…
Bishop’s Mitre. I noticed that on a nearby row of railings the end of each section is decorated with a bishop’s mitre. The railings are outside the St John’s Hospital almshouses on Combe Down in Bath and as this charity was founded in 1174 by Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin it may be a nod to…
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