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POSTCARDS FROM LJUBLJANA
a series of virtual guaches from slovenia’s delightful capital city It’s been a long time since I presented a simple pictorial travelogue on this site, but it seems best in this case to let the images do the talking. All I will add, is that it would be hard to find a more pleasant city … Continue reading POSTCARDS FROM LJUBLJANA
PARALLEL TURNS AND COMIC TURNS
A long, long time ago, before all of our spare physical energy and free time became dominated by farm work, we used to spend a week or two every year skiing, normally somewhere in the Alps… While I began going on winter sports holidays from a very young age, Dido, for contractual reasons (to avoid … Continue reading PARALLEL TURNS AND COMIC TURNS
“SPAIN ‘URTS”
BLOOD, SWEAT AND TOIL IN THE AXARQUIA* Having just returned from another fortnight stint working our finca in the Axarquian mountains, sporting our latest collection of cuts, bruises and aching muscles, I was reminded of the wise words that head this post, uttered by the late lamented Fred, an early, fellow British, expatriate neighbour. Fred, … Continue reading “SPAIN ‘URTS”
NYE MEMORIES
32 YEARS ON… Dido and I met on New years Day 1989, and two years later, considering my appaling memory for cellebratory dates, we decided to get married on New Year’s Eve, to ensure I would never forget our anniversary. So far, thank goodness, it’s worked, and so today, I remember fondly, that at about … Continue reading NYE MEMORIES
ARKS, ADAM AND AXARQUIA 