Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Abbots Well Ramble
I lead a ramble this morning from Abbots Well, in the north of the New Forest. The weather yesterday didn’t look promising, but today it was blue skies and sunshine as you can see from the photos. The ramble was about 5+ miles and took 2¼ hours.
Monday, February 14, 2005
Liberty's Reptile and Raptor Centre
About 18 months ago the local Owl Sanctuary closed down due to bad press reports. This weekend it opened as Liberty’s Reptile and Raptor Centre. We had a short visit on a very cold and windy afternoon. There are many birds and you can see some of them here. We didn’t get to see the reptiles because of the large number of children in that area.
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Away days
After a week D&C suggested more adventurous trips. These involved some very hairy roads into the interior. As I don’t like heights I was very glad that David was driving. The only time I had concerns was when he was pointing out the scenery as we were going along and Carol was saying (loudly) ‘keep your eyes on the road!’ These drives took us to some fantastic viewpoints. You can get around this island in a day yet it has a mountain that is 1949 metres in height!
We did a few geocaches, one was easy, another had gone, and the rest were up large hills and mountains. We left some to do for our next visit.
I read the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown whilst away. As it says on the cover ‘a fascinating and absorbing read’ it’s the first time I have made notes on a fiction book as I was reading it. I finished it on the plane home and have started researching some of the notes I made. I hadn’t realised there are books and websites that had sprung up because of the book.
That ends the holiday stories. There is lots more to tell, but not enough time to write it all down. Hope you like the photos; you will see that Sue’s eye is almost healed.
We did a few geocaches, one was easy, another had gone, and the rest were up large hills and mountains. We left some to do for our next visit.
I read the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown whilst away. As it says on the cover ‘a fascinating and absorbing read’ it’s the first time I have made notes on a fiction book as I was reading it. I finished it on the plane home and have started researching some of the notes I made. I hadn’t realised there are books and websites that had sprung up because of the book.
That ends the holiday stories. There is lots more to tell, but not enough time to write it all down. Hope you like the photos; you will see that Sue’s eye is almost healed.
Puerto de Mogan
We were lead to believe that this was one of the coldest winters Gran Canaria had had for quite some time. It was certainly very cold in southern Europe at the same time.
On the chilly days we had outings in the car (D&C had the car as part of their package). One of the most picturesque places on the island is Puerto de Mogan. As the name suggests there is a port here backed by some narrow colourful streets.
Throughout the year plants are in bloom and so the island is bright with flowers all the time.
On the chilly days we had outings in the car (D&C had the car as part of their package). One of the most picturesque places on the island is Puerto de Mogan. As the name suggests there is a port here backed by some narrow colourful streets.
Throughout the year plants are in bloom and so the island is bright with flowers all the time.
Gran Canaria
During the year Dave rashly said ‘Come and join us in Gran Canaria’ so we did.
We met at a self-catering bungalow complex at Maspalamos in the south of the island close to the famous dunes. You can see the pool in the first photo, the water was freezing, but Carol regularly took a dip. Dave and I were afraid of bits dropping off so we watched Carol. Sue will not go in anything that is not steaming.
On the 24th January Carol celebrated her 60th birthday hence the photo of her with the flowers, which had arrived a few minutes previously from her Hohne friends.
In the evening we had drinks on their patio and then went out for a meal followed by ‘digestifs’ on our return. Needless to say this became the pattern for most of the holiday.
We met at a self-catering bungalow complex at Maspalamos in the south of the island close to the famous dunes. You can see the pool in the first photo, the water was freezing, but Carol regularly took a dip. Dave and I were afraid of bits dropping off so we watched Carol. Sue will not go in anything that is not steaming.
On the 24th January Carol celebrated her 60th birthday hence the photo of her with the flowers, which had arrived a few minutes previously from her Hohne friends.
In the evening we had drinks on their patio and then went out for a meal followed by ‘digestifs’ on our return. Needless to say this became the pattern for most of the holiday.
