Category Archives: personal blog

Goodbye….. Today it’s Mark’s turn. We moved up the Moselle to Cochem. There were 3 locks all really tight but the sides of the valley were all covered in vines. There were tracks likes continuous ladders going up step sides where small trucks went up to collect the grapes. I thought it was interesting….. AboutContinue reading “1668 – going backwards”

It’s not often I would post a picture of food, but this is is classic stuff; Bratwurst im brotchen, mit Senf; Roast sausage, in bread with mustard. Now, it is roughly 40 years since I last had this meal in Germany. It remains to this day, one of my favourite fast foods. Might not beContinue reading “1667 – Ruddesheim & Koblenz”

The ship berthed at Speyer, it would move after we had left the boat. I’d never heard of this city, but it has a lot of history. It also has an amazing science & Technology museum which unfortunately we were unable to visit and just drove past. Lots of aircraft on display outside, including aContinue reading “1666 – Heidelberg”

Leaving Strasbourg we had about an hours drive to reach what really is a lovely spot about 1,000 metres up in the hills that carry the Black Forest. I’m going to say that normally I really don’t like places that have been heavily commercialised for tourists, but for some reason I didn’t feel the sameContinue reading “1665 – A walk in the Black Forest”

It should start yesterday, with the journey to london, nothing special just a nice train journey. We had a nice meal in the evening (I’m missing out chunks of the day) at an Italian restaurant next to the hotel, but we didn’t linger too long as we had to be up at 0400 to getContinue reading “1664 – A holiday’s beginning”

I’ve been reading B&W photography, the latest issue.  There was an article that really made me pause and think about photography.  In particular, my style of photography, and what I take pictures of.  You see, one major problem I have (and I am sure that I have mentioned this somewhere in my blog) is thatContinue reading “1663 – My photographic Style”

We went to the Chairmakers today. It’s a pub just outside Waterlooville. They do a Sunday carvery, and it is a really nice one. Always delicious. Every time I have a carvery, it reminds me of a time in 2011, was working on a contract. It meant being away from home. The hotel I stayedContinue reading “1662 – Carveries”

I have a map of the Browndown area at the waterfront in Stokes Bay. It has a lot of ley lines drawn over it. One problem I have is that it looks like it is a very old map and I am having difficulty relating the old map to today’s terrain. Now, I know itContinue reading “1661 – Ley Lines”

A picture from yesterday morning. I’m off work on Friday, and I would quite like to get into town for a quick look around during normal hours. I’m not at all confident that I will be able to do that. There are a couple of areas that I would quite like to look atin preparationContinue reading “1659 – Friday”