Trip to Middle East and Africa 2005-2006 ... and what happened next
We have very fond memories of the place, so being in Cornwall for a few days we just had to go down there to see it again. We were welcomed with warm sunshine and that lovely view across the harbour to the white houses with the yellow lichen on the grey slate roofs. Magical! I hope you get to make it down there soon.
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 21:35
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gary8345 (35 hours ago | reply | delete)
It looks rather surreal – although I am now wondering, if it is start of a joke……. a man on a horse walked into a pub…….
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 21:34
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18 today, congratulations! The party was great, hope you have a wonderful day today and enjoyed your (legal) pub crawl!
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 21:37
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Had to get up early-ish for this but it was worth it!
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 20:42
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Arrived back to Amsterdam this evening to be picked up by a taxi driver from Trabzon who told us about the deadly earthquake which struck Ercis earlier today and killed over 40 people. here is a photo from happier times from this attractive town in the northern shore of Lake Van
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 20:59
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As seen out in the Peak Ditrict near the Nelson Arms, just west of Sheffield.
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 20:58
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Time for lovely walks in the Yorkshire coun tryside around Sheffield.
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 20:54
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Nine pounds each was quite a lot of money to pay fopr a walk in the woods but these Japenese maples sort of made it worthwhile!
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 20:50
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Mum and Fred getting high above the beach at Watergate Bay in Cornwall earlier today
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 20:47
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We crossed Dartmoor on Sunday having visited a dear old friend of my Mum's whow as in Hargeisa the same time as we were, she living in Cadbury. Dartmoor is more famous for its wild ponies and wandering sheep, but it was good to see these great beasts up on the moorland and, as you can see, the sun was still shining.
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 20:47
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Could only be Devon, where the cottages are a lot prettier thgan in neighbouring Cornwall.
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 20:46
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Here is the mighty Frankel after his annihilation of the field in today's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 20:43
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This was my favourite flower pic from Paris a week ago in that lovely sunshine.
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 22:38
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Autumn is here well and good. Maybe it is just me but the trees seems to have been losing their leaves for quite a long time already and they still have a month to go. Perhaps they are still suffering from the long dry warm springtime.
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 22:31
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This time last week, we were walking along the Avenue Daumesnil, hearing about France losing to Tonga and England narrowly beating Scotland, to set up this weekend's quarter final. The sun was shining and it was hot.
Now, we are back home and the rain is teeming down outside, when a few minutes ago we had bright sunshine. A click onto the Guardian website tells us that France have beaten England 19-12 to get their revenge for 2003 and 2007. Well, at least Wales beat Oirland.
How things change!
Anyway, here are some nice memories from the Brocante market at Place Daumesnil.
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 12:08
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Glamour at Longchamp on Sunday
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 17:38
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France still has its national post service.
Elián (29 hours ago)
The comment sent me off to another one of my explorations. I had no idea this existed: www.postnl.com/customers/mail/index.aspx
People in the U.S. (who tend to complain about everything), often criticize the Unites States Postal Service. I'm quite satisfied with it.
CharlesFred (28 hours ago)
Thanks, my friend. I thought that the post was still being handled by TNT, although PostNL looks like it is a subsidiary. It is a terrible terrible company. It sacked all its postmen and now only employs casual workers at the lowest of salaries, part-time, with minimum pension rights and so on. The staff are paid next to nothing and yet are forced by management to deliver as much post and advertising rubbish as possible just to keep their crappy jobs.
Elián (27 hours ago)
That's terrible! The average U.S. postal carrier (formerly mailman) earns $54,000/year. They also excellent benefits and a rather nice pension. Two of my friends (one a former professor of Italian, and the other a great pianist) worked for the USPS.
CharlesFred (25 hours ago)
I am pleased to hear it. No wonder you have such a high opinion of your postal service. We'd have been quite proud here, were it not for the continuous price hikes and degradation of its workforce - what we would quite commonly refer to as American-inspired work conditions.
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 17:38
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Danedream winning the Arc, followed first by her shadow, then the rest of the field at a respectable distance. To be honest, she wasn't that much fancied by the turfistes and everyone was looking around in silence when she came to win the race? What was the name of that small horse in orange who had just burst from the pack? The jockey, Andreas Starke, did a great job to enthuse and entertain the crowd as he rode her back past the grandstands and all the connections were clapped and cheered when they came to collect their prizes.
The nearest we came was third, where Fred and I had a small bet on Frankie Dettori riding the totally inaptly named (for the day) Snow Fairy.
posted by Charles Roffey and Fred O at 19:50
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