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Postcard from…. Shanghai
This trip we are en-route in Shanghai for a few days, a vast city we've not visited before. Depending on who one asks Shanghai’s population is 25 to 30 million. That’s a lot. London’s population is nine million. Obtaining a visa to visit anywhere in China is onerous,...
Postcard from… Hintock River Camp @ Hellfire Pass
Our retirement plan included lots of travel because we have always loved visiting (and revisiting) places that are different to home. We also like to be warm! So far we have safely achieved all the travel we could reasonably have undertaken, especially considering our...
Postcard from… The Bridge on the River Kwai
Generally regarded as one of the greatest films of all time, ‘The Bridge on the River Kwai’ is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean, based on a 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. It stars Alec Guinness, William Holden...
Postcard from…. Sydney Zoo
.We had a lovely afternoon at Taronga Zoo yesterday. We first visited the zoo on one of our early trips to Sydney from Singapore. We have a photo of a young Leah holding an albino python. Well, a well-fed albino python was draped across a very brave little...
Postcard from…. Bondi 2022 Episode 1
We’ve been in Bondi for just over a week. We’ve a lot to share, more than can be put into a brief WhatsApp message, so we thought I’d draft a ‘Postcard from…’ to include it all. So, where to start? At the beginning, I guess… We arrived into Melbourne after a long...
Postcard from…. The Queens Hotel, Cheltenham
I’ve not stayed at The Queens for over 35 years so with lockdown restrictions easing we decided to spend a couple of midweek nights in the regency town again, reliving a few early career and romantic memories. As a young IT professional based in London’s West...
Postcard from….a winter visit to Devon and Cornwall
We took a short pre-Christmas break to Devon and Cornwall this week, staying at a lovely country hotel in the village of Lifton, arriving in weak winter sunshine. We had booked the dogs in too, a dog-friendly fishing hotel although, at this time of year, I wouldn’t...
Grandpa’s custard
Paula has spent many happy and frustrating hours researching and documenting our family tree this past year. I’ve looked over her shoulder at times and thought that whilst one learns the names of past family members, the dates they were born, married and died,...
