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Thanks for the explanation, Viviennem. Now I know that the nasty little stingers do serve some purpose. Fortunately, I’m not allergic as I’ve been stung many times over the years, the last time just last week. Oddly enough, I used to work with a Scot who had been climbing a tree when he was a...

A very interesting experience this week. Following our usual custom when we get up, I came downstairs while my wife was taking her shower. I was happily sitting at the computer, checking our emails and reading the online newspapers. When Jackie came out of the bathroom she found that the...

Having lived within a few miles of the Maginot Line since the early ‘70s I really have no excuse for never having visited any of its redoubts, tunnels, emplacements or fortresses. I had made a couple of half-hearted attempts to look up any items of interest on the internet, but mostly they were...

Yes it was definitely deleted. And I've just logged on and I'm no longer banned. Thank you for that, Administrator, and no apologies are necessary. We've all been victims of automated systems at one time or another :D

It’s nice to have friends, and it’s even nicer when those friends invite you to visit them. So when those friends live in Colorado but spend the winter in their home in Florida the invitation to visit them during the cold months is irresistible. We have been friends with Miriam since 1964. Even...

I'm now able to post a few images from our trans-US trip last year.

28 September Today’s trip was to Walnut Creek Canyon to view the rock dwellings of a tribe of Indians. This was not a very interesting spot and we were left there for two hours, which was about one and a half hours too long. After that we drove to Sedona where we had lunch and explored this...

Just thought I would bring the journal up to date as I've got a while before I start cooking dinner. Last year we took a train across the US, from New York to San Francisco. And for once I kept a daily diary and was conscientious about it. Herewith it is presented in all its shaky glory. Across...

What kind of help are you looking for? Someone to help you across the road, someone who can explain the offside rule, someone you can go for a drink with? :lol: As a T2, (I'm on meds and low carb) I've travelled to a lot of places since diagnosis and the only problem I've experienced was in...

This time I'm genuinely asking for advice and suggestions. Next year, in November, Jackie and I will be celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary. Usually we celebrate with a trip somewhere - in the past it's been the Far East, Tahiti, Penang, France, etc. However, this year we'd like to do...

So happy for you and your family, Suzi. Enjoy your new life, and don't forget that Malta is a member of the EU so you have the same rights and privileges as a Maltese citizen. Remember the website details I gave you. All the very best wishes.

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While sitting here revelling in the improvement in my vision after the cataract surgery I had on Friday, I was going through some of my travel images. Just thought I'd post a few.

And so, for those faithful readers who have stuck with me thus far, we are now up to date with our wanderings. Of course, we have reservations for our next one in September. It occurred to us that though we had been to the East Coast of the US and many times to the West Coast, the bit in between...

Well, I've never been to Peru but if you're planning any excursions to the mountains I can tell you as one who suffered horribly from altitude sickness in the Himalayas to go and have a chat with your GP before you leave. Ask his advice on this most debilitating condition, and just in case he's...

We departed the next morning towards the Drakensberg Mountains, taking in the battlefields of Isandhlwana and Rorke’s Drift. Anyone who has seen the film Zulu and its prequel Zulu Dawn will be aware of the events at these two places. For those who haven’t let me give a brief summary. The...

I don’t know why it took us so long getting around to visiting South Africa. It had always loomed large in my imagination as my father spent some there in the Royal Navy during WW2. He was offered a mining job there but turned it down. To 8-year-old me that seemed like perversity of the worst...

Before I get on with the last journey we have made so far, I should explain something I wrote earlier which I didn’t take further. When I was writing about leaving Spain and moving back to Luxembourg I said that by doing so I’d inadvertently saved my life. I owe it to those readers interested...

Once our plane came to a halt at the airport at Lhasa, we disembarked and walked to the terminal - there are no jetways in Tibet. Between the plane and the terminal I began to feel distinctly odd. We boarded a bus for our hotel in Lhasa, where we had a couple of hours to recuperate before we...