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 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…

Events 2018/2019 – New Year

Monday, 31st December 2018/Tuesday, 1st January 2019 – Events, New Year’s Day A very happy and prosperous new year to you all!    

Events 2018 – Christmas

Tuesday, December 25th 2018 – Christmas If you are reading this, then I would like to wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with some Christmas lights from London!

Food/Travel 2017 – Krakow, Day 6

Tuesday December 5th – Day 6, Krakow Tuesday was our last day and so after breakfast we tidied up the apartment, dropped off the keys and hauled our suitcases to the offices of the travel company who would be responsible for taking us to the airport in the evening. We were there just before 09:00…

Food/Travel 2017 – Krakow, Day 5

Monday December 4th – Day 5, Krakow Monday was something of a challenge as many, many things in Krakow are closed on Mondays. Note to self for future reference: check carefully what days you plan on being in a city for a Winter break and adjust accordingly if every major sight will be closed. However,…

Food/Travel 2017 – Krakow, Day 4

Sunday December 3rd – Day 4, Krakow Sunday was the day we aimed to see the most famous painting in Krakow, Leonardo da Vinci‘s “Lady with an Ermine“, or as we had it “Lady with a Ferret”! She used to be on show at Wawel Castle, but is now securely lodged in the National Museum’s…

Food/Travel 2017 – Krakow, Day 3

Saturday December 2nd – Day 3, Krakow I started the day with a 5k run as Krakow has a parkrun of its own. Leaving Lynne in the lovely, warm apartment I headed out into the cold, layered up with every piece of running gear I had with me (vest, sweater, jacket, two head-protectors, gloves, the…