Travel 2026 – Santander, Santillana del Mar, Bilbao, Spain – Day 14

Wednesday 23rd September, 2026 – Santander, Santillana del Mar, Bilbao Wednesday we were due to head off from Santander, to spend a couple of nights in Bilbao. First though another lovely morning made a run before breakfast was essential. I took the phone with me for once in case the sunrise was worth stopping and…

Travel 2026 – Santander, Spain – Day 13

Tuesday 22nd September, 2026 – Santander Tuesday morning in Santander saw Lynne and I going off to investigate the Centro Botin, while R and A declined to deal with any more “modern art nonsense”, and instead headed off to walk along the bay. Their loss. The two of us were keen to see what was…

Travel 2026 – Santander, Spain – Day 12

Monday 21st September, 2026 – Santander I was awake good and early on Monday morning so I made myself a coffee, drank some water, and got my running kit on. I increasingly like to run in a new place because it gives me a chance to get my bearings, and as I was seemingly the…

Travel 2016 – S’Hertogenbosch, Zaltbommel, Day 3

Sunday, March 5th 2016 – S’Hertogenbosch, Zaltbommel After another excellent (but egg-avoiding) breakfast, we headed out again, discovering the local market was in full swing. A stop to buy bread was essential although I was impressed that we managed to avoid caving in to our taste-buds and didn’t buy vast amounts of cheese to go…

Travel 2016 – S’Hertogenbosch, Vught, Day 2

Friday, March 4th 2016 – Day 2  (S’Hertogenbosch, Vught) A good night’s sleep and we woke to decidedly inclement weather, unfortunately. However, breakfast was in the dry of the hotel undercroft. It was a fairly impressive buffet, though it did come with the semi-compulsory egg that is a feature of everywhere I’ve ever stayed in…

Travel 2016 – S’Hertogenbosch, Day 1

Thursday, March 3rd 2016 – Den Bosch We’d been planning on catching the Hieronymus Bosch exhibition in his home town of S’Hertogenbosch (or Den Bosch as it’s more commonly -and pronounceably – known) since we’d first got wind of it back in 2015, and the looming new job start focussed our minds on getting it…