After a 12-hour flight from Heathrow to Hong Kong, we’d landed somewhat heavily shortly after midday. We began our route march towards HK immigration where the single line looked depressingly long with 6 snaking coils, though maybe in this neck…
Author: Franco
Seven Years Late
Seven years ago, we had been planning a long trip to the Antipodes, mainly to do a campervan trip around New Zealand. Medical issues for Franco caused it to be delayed. We thought about it again a few years later…
Posted in 2017 Hong Kong, 2017 The Antipodes
The Sun Returns
With the unsettled weather of the early weekend over, we wandered along the Jalón river to meet a couple for coffee in the Lliber village square. More accurately, we wandered along beside the dry river bed that marks the occasional…
Posted in 2017-09 Spain
Solar Interruption
As forecast, Friday and Saturday proved unsettled, not to say very wet indeed. Rain stopped play. Saturday was actually acceptable so we went investigating the market at Denia. We needed something for dinner on Sunday and we lashed out on…
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Another Old Habitat
There is apparently some unsettled weather forecast for the weekend so it makes sense to get some Odo-hunting in while conditions are favourable. Today, though, might be considered a little warm for some hitting the low 30s Centigrade. Nonetheless, it…
Posted in 2017-09 Spain
A New Species
One thing that almost matches visiting new habitats is visiting old habitats at a new time of year; the species are likely to be different. In August 2016 we had been delighted to discover Northern Banded Groundlings (Brachythemis impartita) at…
Posted in 2017-09 Spain
Wrong Country
We’re supposed to be in La Belle France. We were to be going with Guillaume for three weeks. However, as our departure date got perilously close, just about everything that could go wrong did go wrong. So, France got delayed…
Posted in 2017-09 Spain
Overcrowded Roads, Overstretched Services
We packed up Guillaume at Tebay Services soon-to-be-no-more campsite and headed south for home on the M6. A radio report soon announced that some pratts decided to have an accident on the M6 around Tebay but happily they did so…
Posted in 2017 Scotland
Happy to Leave
Today was technically our last full day at Cannich. However, we awoke to the gentle pitter-patter of rain on Guillaume’s roof, punctuated by the occasional syncopated beat of drips from an overhanging tree branch. [Given the choice, don’t park caravans…
Posted in 2017 Scotland
Close but no Cigar
Wednesday morning was forecast to be fine and so it proved to be. I was interested in a second attempt at Coire Loch to see if we could get a better look at those Emerald dragonflies and Francine fancied a…
Posted in 2017 Scotland
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