Having arrived at Honfleur yesterday afternoon, the sunny weather continued and today we wandered into town to the honeypot harbour. We’d actually been here many years ago with American friends but I’m darned if I can remember anything about that…
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Travel Trauma
Francine had set a 05:00 alarm so we could leave at 05:45-ish and head for Le Shuttle. We found the correct route and way in and hit the self check-in gates. We were early so it offered us a train…
Posted in 2025 France
Down to Folkestone
After the most extraordinary British spring that I can remember – lots of sun, little rain but quite cool easterly winds – we are once again running away to La Belle France. We are starting this trip very differently for…
Posted in 2025 France
New Book
Our good fortune with the Virginia weather continues. With a day to ourselves, I came up with a cunning plan. In the middle-ish of Richmond is the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Just south of that, on the southern side…
Posted in 2024 USA
Shit Happens
[The second of our planned scary days on this trip to the States.] This one really was scary, much more so than Halloween, and a lot less fun. Today was the day of the American presidential election. Before the shit…
Posted in 2024 USA
Tuckahoe Creek Park
A few miles away from where we are staying on the west side of Richmond, Virginia, lies Tuckahoe Creek Park. Francine spotted it on a map. Tuckahoe Creek flows around the property we are lodged in but it is inaccessible,…
Posted in 2024 USA
Gordonsville
On our trip to Skyline Drive we had driven through a quaint looking town called Gordonsville. So, for a day out alone, Francine and I thought we’d go and investigate. Our return route could take us by Lake Anna which,…
Posted in 2024 USA
Halloween for Adults
[The first of our two scheduled scary days in the US. The second is likely to be even scarier. Watch this space.] One potential benefit that I saw about making a trip to Richmond, Virginia, at this time of year…
Posted in 2024 USA
Skyline Drive
After a traditionally leisurely start, we were driven out west about 90 minutes away to visit Skyline Drive. Skyline Drive is a picturesque road at very nearly 3000 feet altitude] running north-south for 105 miles along a ridge in the…
Posted in 2024 USA
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden was another potentially interesting habitat that I spotted on Google maps. I saw that it had a couple of lakes/ponds and popped into iNaturalist to find that it had a number of dragonfly records. Botanic…
Posted in 2024 USA
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