First: Merry Christmas! Or, at least, as merry a Christmas as circumstances will allow. Our thoughts go, in particular, to everyone who’s alone and doesn’t want to be, and/or those who have lost loved ones and friends in 2020. The hamper pictured above is courtesy of Orchard View Farm – one of many local food […] World go local Continue reading World go local
Originally posted on Slow Travel: The Chilterns and Thames Valley:
In the midst of various stages of lockdown, we always remember how lucky we are to live in the Chilterns. And even though the region is now, like much of… Continue reading A Christmas walk: Chequers
I didn’t think anything of it the first time it happened. I had just arrived in Plakias, on the southern coast of Crete, and was sitting outside a café, waiting for some much-needed refreshment.Then it happened again. There was an … Continue reading Easter in Crete
The weather was uninvitingly cold and foggy (smoggy) as we set out on foot in the direction of Tiananmen Square. As we reached the square, I noticed a Railway Museum across the road, and we decided to investigate. The museum … Continue reading Christmas Day in Beijing
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