We’ve been lucky on our holidays that we’ve been able to see some great buildings, paintings etc. One particular treat this year was being able to visit Madrid, on a work trip in May. Dan was able to come with me, and we stayed on a couple of days afterwards. The agency where the meetings …
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Walking part of the Fife Coastal Path
We managed a night away around Easter time. Having had a great time walking in Slovenia in the summer of 2005, we’ve tried to do a little more of it in 2006. Fife has a coastal path which stretches through towards the east. We stayed in Aberdour, with its picture postcard station and castle. Heading along the …
Walks around North Edinburgh
The classic walk option, for us, when you want some access to the sea, is to head down to Granton Harbour. You can walk along the beach, when the tide is down. However, there is also a sea wall which goes out about half a mile, in an L-shape, and it’s great to get out …
Chicken in a school…
Spending time with our friends R and D in Italy is also an opportunity to catch up with their kids’ special phrases. Their youngest, T (now 2), is fully conversant with Thomas the Tank Engine stories, and these are the phrases we came back with from our October visit this year: 1) “Chicken in a …