Friday, 20th September 2019 – Colmar Friday was entirely dedicated to Colmar, and establishing beyond any shadow of a doubt that it is stunningly, breathtakingly beautiful. A run for me first thing meant that I saw up close some of the Bartholdi monuments that I’d seen designs and models for the day before, and then…
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Travel 2019 – Alsace and Baden, Day 6, Illkirchen, Orschwiller, Colmar
Wednesday, 17th September 2019 – Illkirchen, Château du Haut-KÅ“nigsbourg, Colmar Wednesday morning, with even more insect bites decorating both of us, we got ready to check out and move on. I’d been for a run before breakfast and stopped off at the rather odd park near one of the tram stops. For reasons I couldn’t…
Travel 2019 – Alsace and Baden, Day 4, Strasbourg
Monday, 16th September 2019 – Strasbourg We had a relatively early start because we’d booked, through AirBnB, to go on a food tour of Strasbourg. I got up even earlier than that though, because I wanted to go for a run. My running schedule has fallen apart recently and I was keen to get back…
Travel 2019 – Alsace and Baden, Day 3, Boppard, Schloss Rheinfels, Illkirch
Sunday 15th September 2019 – Boppard, Schloss Rheinfels, Illkirch After an excellent, and beautifully presented, breakfast at the Landgasthof Eiserner Ritter, which made us regret what we’d had for dinner the night before even more, we packed up ready to move on. It was a glorious day, and we had a plan to start by…
2019 Travel – Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds
Saturday, 3rd August 2019 – Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds I’m sure I must have been to Harewood House at some time during my years growing up in Yorkshire, though I have no memory whatsoever of doing so. We had relatives in Leeds, and visited frequently from Hull, but as I say I have no recall…
Travel 2019 – Porto, Day 5
Monday, 15th July 2019 – Porto, Day 5 Monday was our final day in Porto, but between a late checkout (at 4pm) and an even later flight (9pm) we had a whole day to enjoy further. We were slightly restricted as to where we could go by the fact that quite a lot of touristy…
Travel 2019 – Porto, Day 4
Sunday, 14th July 2019 – Porto, Day 4 I went running again to start the day, this time heading downhill from the hotel and running along the river. When I’d finished I cheated by taking the funicular back up to the top level of the bridge because it was far too humid to use my…
Travel 2019 – Porto, Day 3
Saturday, 13th July 2019 – Porto, Day 3 After a run from the hotel that seemed to go ridiculously uphill all the way, Saturday morning seemed like a good time to start on a tour of some of the main attractions of Porto, beginning with the Sé do Porto (Porto Cathedral), partly because it was…
Travel 2019 – Lunchtime Tourism, Day 5, Walk from Euston to Borough Market, London
Friday, 3rd May 2019 – Walk from Euston Station to Borough Market via the City, London You see the oddest things when you walk through London, even just the small quarter that tends to represent my regular beat. Sometimes there’s just no explanation for them, the most notable being the pink elephant in the Brunswick…
Travel 2018 – Helsinki, Day 5
Monday, 3rd December 2018 – Helsinki On our last day, having been running already on the trip, I woke up early and decided that I was going to try out the new-ish (well, it was still under construction when we first visited) Allas Sea Pool complex down on the harbour side. I didn’t think I’d…
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