Category Archives: Travels

Everything is Upside Down in Canada

Posted on January 17, 2014 by jbwye

ROUND THE WORLD WALKABOUT Part 2. Guelph and Toronto August 2001 Everything is upside down in Canada – traffic on the wrong side of the road, taps opening up and down, and  lights switching on downwards instead of up.  The … Continue reading →

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Round The World Walkabout

Posted on January 10, 2014 by jbwye

Friday Diary Excerpts.  It was a misty dream of younger years which got me going. Way back on the dusty paths of Nakuru School, Kenya, I meandered down the broad grass avenue to the playing fields, in company with little … Continue reading →

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Up on my High Horse

Posted on September 20, 2013 by jbwye

Lakelands Walking Holiday September 2013 The Windermere Centre is a large house with a peaceful and friendly ambience. It is allied to the Gothic-style United Reform Church nearby. I was allocated a spacious family room with an armchair where I spent many … Continue reading →

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It Couldn’t Get Better than This. (Part II)

Posted on June 28, 2013 by jbwye

The great Rideout is a summer ritual for towns in the Scottish borders, and on my second day in Melrose, I was privileged to witness 198 horses leaving the town to perform this annual exercise. They were each given a … Continue reading →

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It Could Only get Better (Part I)

Posted on June 22, 2013 by jbwye

I had misread the timetable – not for the only time on my trip to Edinburgh – and made the boarding gate at Gatwick with seconds to spare after sacrificing two valuable tubes of skin lotion because they were over … Continue reading →

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