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Spiral - The phrase 'I'd bet my next month's salary....' was a figure of speech. It was not meant as a suggestion or instruction. I do have some morals, you know. And as an enthusiastic cook I have to say that I have never noticed an aftertaste to Splenda - and Ive used it in many kinds of recipes.

We passed the last couple of days in Greenfield driving through the local countryside, photographing the changes in the foliage and the landscape in general. Claire, our Californian friend, had arranged with her aunt to drive us to Boston for the three days we were going to spend there before...

Thank you, Suti. I've sent you a belated PM.

This has been a period of firsts for us since we got here. I’d never seen a chipmunk before but there’s one who lives close to the house and he comes out regularly to forage for seeds and nuts. I’d never realized how pretty they are (even though I’d seen the occasional Disney cartoon of Chip ’n’...

Absolutely, Viv, they are very attractive buildings and the fixtures and fittings are mostly very tasteful. The weather took a turn for the better last Monday. We woke up to bright blue skies and sunshine so we decided to take a drive through the back roads of New Hampshire, taking some shots...

Viv, your support is very much appreciated. We haven’t got to Marblehead yet but we’re planning it for the week to come. I’ll keep you posted on how it goes. And now to get on with another one of my self-indulgent ramblings. Last Monday the weather was fair so we decided that now was the time to...

Before we left Spain we took two more trips – the first one to Rome. We discovered that the Spanish airline Iberia was offering a flight to Rome and a week in a hotel at a good price. Our travel agent, a beautiful Malaysian girl named Sonia, quickly fixed it up for us so that we were soon...

I'm sorry if you're offended by my postings, Dipsticky, but is it my fault that your life is not perfect, or like mine? Do you really believe that because you can't travel that nobody else should? Let me remind you - my father was a stoker, my mother worked as an office cleaner. When they...

You don't have to have a lot of money, Dipsticky, to go travelling the way we do it. Travel in Business Class - pay for Economy Plus and upgrade with air miles. House exchange (only with people we know, or are highly recommended by friends) - no hotel bills, no hire car payments. Costs? Just the...

After breakfast in Ogunquit (a little difficult for a diabetic, but I managed by sticking mostly to the fresh fruit), we checked out but left our car in the parking lot while we went for a walk along the coast on what’s known as the Marginal Walk, a path that has been created along the shoreline...

I’m writing this while sitting in the Crest View Inn in Camden, Maine, gazing out the window at trees and flowers, even though autumn is well under way. We left Greenfield, Massachussetts, yesterday morning at 9 am and arrived in Topsham, Maine, before 1 p.m. We stopped along the way to pick up...

I’m beginning to see why this area is called New England. You would think you were back in Old England by the names of the towns you drive through – Manchester, Colchester, Sunderland, Chelmsford, Billerica(y), Worcester, Rutland, Halifax, Greenwich... It’s just that the geography is...

Today was a first for us – three states in one day! Claire drove from Massachussetts for about half an hour and then we passed the sign that said Welcome to Vermont. We stopped for lunch in Brattlesboro at the River View restaurant. It sits right alongside the Connecticut River beside the bridge...

Claire decided that the best wasy to get us orientated was to drive us to some of the historic sites in the area. Our first stop was Deerfield, where a massacre tppk place by Mohawk Indians and French settlers who killed the men and kidnapped the women and children to use as slaves. The village...

Our friends’ friends arrived at Luxembourg airport on time last Thursday afternoon. We took them on a deviation on the way home to show them the town and some of the sights. They were quite taken with Luxembourg City and the great gorge that runs through the centre. We drove them over both...

All during that day the four of us had vowed that we wouldn’t return to the hotel area on the back of those damned horses. When we had dismounted the Bedouin had asked when we would return. None of us wanted anything more to do with the horses so we told them 3 o’clock, knowing full well that we...

Sorry, Viv. I just checked the lottery numbers online and I got one number and no stars. Unpack your suitcase. :(

Thank you for the advice, Viv. At the end of our stay we're spending 3 nights in Boston at the Radisson Hotel on Stuart Street. I just looked on Google Earth and discovered that Stuart Street is quite close to Boyleston Square so we'll probably give your recommended restaurant a try. We're also...

Time is getting short now before our departure for New England. We’ve never been to that part of the States before, so if anyone has any advice or recommendations, we’d like to hear them. Don’t be shy. All contributions welcomed. The friends of our Californian friends landed in Barcelona this...

As an inveterate traveller I understand what you were worried about. But I can't see what's wrong with shredded duck. Eat as much as you like - just keep the rice to a minimum. And take dry wines instead of beer, don't forget that the maltose in beer has a high GCI, or so my endocrinologist...