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The Hotel Solana in Mellieha is quite pleasant, it’s a surprisingly big place given its location in the centre (pretty much) of town. Where we had booked with a holiday company and were only staging through, we had been allocated a basic room. We were offered an upgrade that would give us a balcony andContinue reading “1092 – Day 1 – Malta/Gozo”

After we heard about the issues with the uk air traffic system (the cause of which rather tests my credulity especially after speaking to a former RAF Navigator whom we’ve just met) we were someŵhat nervous about what would be waiting for us upon our arrival at Gatwick. We had even discussed the possibility ofContinue reading “1091 – Gatwick”

Sorry, the picture is a little bit fuzzy if you embiggen it. It’s the view from our hotel room on the night we arrived in Malta. I have to confess, I was a bit surprised to get here. It all started at around 3:15PM on Monday, I was flicking the the news on the iPadContinue reading “1090 – Monday & Tuesday”

I think the count will be reset. I wrote last nights post, but fell asleep before I published it, so it went early this morning. That’s frustrating, but that’s how it goes. The lunchtime walk in to town was a bit rushed. But it was pleasant nonetheless. The high street ŵas surprisingly full of people.Continue reading “1089 – Friday”

I’ve left it too late in the evening again for it to be anything other than a rushed post. Sorry about that. I did my usual Thursday night radio net, which was interesting, not really much about radio more about flying light aircraft. I must take a look at Alaskan bush pilots, apparently they areContinue reading “1088 – A bit of colour”

one of the flaws of this blog is a lack of planning. Many (most) of my posts are spontaneous and I have nothing in reserve. What I should be doing is writing two posts a day, but only posting one. By the end of a month of doing that I would have thirty spare postsContinue reading “1087 – one of those days”

I managed to get up at 6:30AM I walked to the waterfront as I passed one particular shop I saw a person whom I really want to stay away from. He said something but I assumed he wasn’t talking to me. I ignored him. I stopped and talked to friend for a couple of minutesContinue reading “1086 – An unpleasant side”

No, it’s not wrong, I don’t mean our monarch, Charles III. I was walking along the timeline on the high street looking to see which date line I could write about next at it was in 1684 that King Charles II visited Gosport. The purpose of the visit was to inspect the defences. Whilst heContinue reading “1085 – King Charles II”

I’m reading a book about ley lines – called the new view over Atlantis by 5John Michell. Now I’ve already acknowledged that the whole ley line thing is interesting but no more than that. I’ve reached a point of the book where the author is talking about how features built by people thousands of yearsContinue reading “1084 – Here be Dragons”

It has been a lovely day. We walked into town, ending up at the waterfront. We sat there for a while, not talking to anybody, but that’s ok. We had a bit of a browse around the shops. For some reason, I went into CEX I bought a couple of DVD’s. Well, a star gateContinue reading “1083 – Saturday”