Friday 18th October, 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu In a bit of a switch about on Friday morning A and I were the only people keen to head out and check out the market hall in Oviedo. The Mercado el Fontán, which was where we were headed, has a very long history in Oviedo. After…
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Travel 2026 РOviedo / Uvi̩u, Spain РDay 8
Thursday 17th October, 2026 – Oviedo / Uviéu A blissfully good night’s sleep meant I was more than happy to go out for a run first thing, where I criss-crossed San Francisco Park, the scene of much of the previous day’s San Mateo festivities. Dodging the street cleaners I soon found out that there was…
Travel 2026 – San Sebastian / Donostia, Castro Urdiales, Oviedo, Spain – Day 7
Wednesday 16th October, 2026 – San Sebastian / Donostia, Castro Urdiales, Oviedo After the only peaceful night I had in San Sebastian, it was time to get on the road and move on to our next stay in Oviedo. The day started grey and the forecast wasn’t brilliant, but as we had quite a long…
Staycation 2021 – Day 5 (Ely)
Monday, 21st September 2021 – Ely After returning from Goodwood on the Sunday, Monday morning saw us getting off to a slowish start and heading east towards Cambridge and beyond. Our destination was the city of Ely, in Cambridgeshire. Now you may think “city = large centre of population” but actually what it means is…
Travel 2019 – Hamburg, Day 4
Sunday, 1st December 2019 – Hamburg Feeling fragile but at least vaguely human, I was back up and about on Sunday, starting with a cautious breakfast of plain yogurt with a spoonful of sugar, followed by a small portion of scrambled eggs, with a large mug of mint tea to settle it all down. Outside…
Travel 2019 – Leicestershire Weekend, Day 1, Leicester
Saturday, 12th October 2019 – Leicester I realise Leicester may not be your obvious first choice when considering where to go in the UK, but bear with me. Actually if you try to get any tourist information in advance, you could be forgiven for thinking Leicester’s tourist information office don’t think it is either, between…
Travel 2019 – Alsace and Baden, Day 13, Sankt Peter, Breisach, Ihringen
Wednesday, 25th September 2019 – Sankt Peter, Breisach, Ihringen A late breakfast in the Hotel Schlossmühle was very good, though they did try to insist we should have an egg each, and then I had a suggestion or two that met with Lynne’s approval for what we should do with the day. First I wanted…
Travel 2019 – Alsace and Baden, Day 12, Mulhouse, Riquewihr, Glottertal
Tuesday, 24th September 2019 – Mulhouse, Riquewihr, Glottertal And so, on the Tuesday, we got up, repacked the car, and set off away from Mulhouse, aiming at Riquewihr based on two things, the guidebook to the Alsace Wine Route that we’d bought and the direction we wanted to head in later on. Riquewihr had been…
Travel 2019 – Alsace and Baden, Day 10, Mulhouse
Sunday, 22nd September 2019 – Mulhouse I started the morning with a run around the very quiet streets surrounding the apartment. The weather was still fine and sunny, despite forecasts suggesting that was about to change (it didn’t) and discovered both the hideous concrete monstrosity that is the nearby church, and also the whereabouts of…
Travel 2019 – Alsace and Baden, Day 9, Colmar, Turckheim, Eguisheim, Rouffach, Mulhouse
Saturday, 21st September 2019 – Colmar, Turckheim, Eguisheim, Rouffach, Mulhouse Saturday morning I got up early and then headed out before breakfast to buy some supplies from the market. We were moving on from our lovely hotel where everything arrived as if by magic, and would now be self catering for three nights. Thus we…
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