Tag: Friends

  • To Nettlebed and home

    We drove over to the motorhome parking at Abingdon, and mooched into town for brunch. Tummies full, we took Flynn for a decent walk up the River Thames. With more planning, there would be a decent walk into Oxford, and a train back. Another time… Our evening stop was the most excellent campsite at Jay…

  • It all goes pear-shaped

    After our night at the pub, we attempted a walk, but it wasn’t very long due to waterlogged and sheep-logged fields. I had an appointment at Whalley Warm and Dry where a very nice man took well over an hour measuring my feet in various positions, and with various different pieces of equipment, before choosing,…

  • Humor and Voronețs

    Humor Monastery (colours: red and brown) was being repaired.  Signs directed us round the back to the tradesmen’s entrance.  Holy water was on offer as usual. Later I was to wish I’d filled a flask – surely it’s an excellent hangover cure, ideally alongside a holy bacon sandwich. (Note the spelling, a holey bacon sandwich…