USA 2018 CITIES, DESERTS & CANYONS - a wedding in LA and a great tour Going away in mid-April should be a non-starter for a gardener. It is the key time when outdoor sowings begin and greenhouse plants are gradually prepared for the rigours of real life. I have made sure the garden is in…
A NEW ZEALAND JOURNEY 2. In autumn 2017 Jenni and I enjoyed a very special holiday. On the second of these two pages we have reproduced the text and images from that blog on our time on the South Island. 1. “This is a little bit of paradise” November 6, 2017 That was what Pete and Jenny, the…
1. MORE OF AUCKLAND AND THE NORTH ISLAND It was on 29th November 2017 after a wonderful five-week visit, that I looked down on the coast of New Zealand and thought: “I’ll never go there again.” However, over two years later, Matt took a job offer in Auckland completely out of the blue. We had a…
THE NORTH ISLAND In autumn 2017, Jenni and I decided to go for a one-off, major retirement holiday adventure. Something that we would be very unlikely to repeat. It was this holiday that started Livetheflow so that we could share our journey with family and friends. In the first of these two posts, we have reproduced the text…
This page shares thoughts I have had over the years and raises issues, some of which are now receiving widespread attention. You may or may not be interested! 1 WALKS AND BOXES Many years ago, I was introduced to Trail Walking by a friend. I joined her in walking most of The Severn Way. I…
AN O.A.P. ADVENTURE as written at the time, September 2024. It was a fantastic three weeks, hugely worth having a go. 1. ALL SET TO GO I am hoping to record a potentially crazy adventure we are about to start at the end of this week: Scandi24. It all depends on my failing memory of…
I wrote these word several decades ago to explore the parallels between our personal life journey and that of the River Severn THE JOURNEY On Plynlimon’s sun-soaked summer heightsSeeping from marsh and peat, vulnerable,A humble birth exposed to heather and to sky. Nothing of the passion and pain of human dawn,No hint of the barren blasted…
DUBAI IN 60 HOURS Our stopover in Dubai en route to New Zealand, for a couple of days was to spend time with Jenni’s brother and see the sights. Is there a bigger contrast possible for a pensioner from the wet, pot-holed, back lanes of Shropshire? Before I left for Dubai, I found a picture…
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