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Monthly Archives: September 2017
Madagascar
Our tour to Madagascar was with the British company Explore, who we’d used before for travelling in countries which looked difficult to get around independently. We had a good group and a good trip and good weather, and we had … Continue reading
Posted in Madagascar
Tagged Ambalavao, Ambohimanga, Ambositra, ammonite, Anakao, Andasibe, Anja Community Reserve, Antananarivo, Antsirabe, ariary, baobab, beach, Boeing 737, buttonquail, Camp Robin, chameleon, cooperative, crocodile, Explore, funeral practices, Giant Coua, giraffe-necked weevil, grave site, hoopoe, Ialatsara, Ilakaka, indri, Isalo National Park, Lac Tritriva, leaf-tailed gecko, lemur, magpie robin, marquetry, nightjar, palisander, pétanque, pousse-pousse, poverty, Ranohira, Ranomafana, ring-tailed lemur, sapphire, scops owl, sifaka, silk, sportive lemur, swimming pool, Tana, tenrec, Toliara, tomb, Turkish Airlines, Vakona Forest Lodge, vanilla, volcano, Voteta, water, weaving, zebu cart, Zombitse National Park
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Hebrides
We had booked a tour to Madagascar for October 2016, and our flights there connected through London, as it happened. So we thought: why not spend a couple of weeks in Britain before the tour and visit somewhere like, say, … Continue reading
Posted in Britain
Tagged Angus MacAskill, Balranald, Berneray, blackhouse, Callanish, Calton Hill, Coffin Road, Constantine, Cornish pasty, Craigmillar Castle, Dolly, Dussehra, eagle, Edinburgh, ferry, Forth and Clyde Canal, Gearrannan, Glasgow, Harris, lazy-bed, Lewis, Lochmaddy, Mallard, Mark Greenaway, narrowboat, North Uist, Postman's Walk, Rhenigidale, RSPB, Seilebost, Shambles, Sound of Harris, standing stones, Stornoway, Treasurer's House, Uig, Ullapool, walls, York, York Minster
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Europe, 2016
This was supposed to be our summer hiking holiday in Europe (including Britain of course). The hiking was less than satisfactory due to Rosemary’s injured knee, but as usual we made the best of things. We stayed for about ten … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland
Tagged Aiguille du Midi, Alexis Bouvard, Annecy, Blauherd, Branscombe, Brexit, Buckfast, castles, cathedral, chamois, Chamonix, cheese, Climbers' Chapel, cog railway, Coop, Courmayeur, cruise, Dartington, Domino's, Donkey sanctuary, eggs, Euro 2016, Exeter, Geneva, Gruyères, Hackney, houchard, ibex, Interlaken, Kew Gardens, La Flégère, Lac Blanc, Lac Combal, Lac d'Annecy, Lanhydrock, Lausanne, Lauterbrunnen, Lavaux, Les Contamines, Les Houches, London, marmot, Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Mont Blanc Tunnel, Montreux, Old Prison, pizza, rösti, Saint Gervais, scaffolding, Schwarzsee, Sidmouth, Sion, SNCF, Solpadol, Staubbach Falls, Stechelberg, Sunnegga, Sutton House, tartiflette, Totnes, Tour de France, Tour du Mont Blanc, Trümmelbach Falls, tunnels, Val Veny, Valais Blackneck, Wengen, Z'mutt, Zermatt
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Lake District, 2016
We needed some walking, so we scheduled a week or so to go walking in England’s Lake District. Our trip was in April, so we were taking the risk that there might be snow. But as it turned out we … Continue reading
Posted in Britain
Tagged Ambleside, buttermere, gingerbread, grasmere, Great Gable, Hardwick, lake district, Langdate, Rydal, seatoller
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