Looking north from Dunstanburgh Castle to Low Newton by the Sea I was feeling stale. I had a year’s-end sort of feeling. Book finished, Christmas shopping bought and wrapped, but…
My six-night stay at The Artists’ and Writers’ Rest Home at Mount Pleasant, Reigate, had the desired outcome. I beat a path to the end of I Know What You’re…
One of the highlights of our stay around the French city of Orleans was an open-air jazz concert. Neither of us are particularly interested in jazz, but this was a…
The station at OrleansThe trip to France didn’t pan out quite as we expected. Mea culpa and all that.We’d booked the ferry tickets (North Shields to Amsterdam) months ago. Likewise…