On previous dog-and-house-sitting visits to Jalón, we’ve travelled close to the dates when Chris and Yvonne left and returned. We were a little like ships that passed in the night. This time we flew in earlier to give us four…
Author: Franco
Dia del Romero
When the near constant rain stopped later yesterday afternoon and we wandered down to Jalón town square for a beer or two in the scarce sunshine, we watched a small stage being set up. The waitress delivering our beers explained…
Posted in 2013 Spain
Restoring Sanity
Today began pretty much as yesterday left off, with grey skies and monotonous rain. Oh joy, this was not why we flew to Spain. Just to add insult to injury, we learned that temperatures at home yesterday had exceeded 20°C…
Posted in 2013 Spain
Retorno a Escocia
[Scotland Revisited.] Last September, Francine and I spent a desperately wet, windy and dismal two weeks in Scotland. Eight of those days were on the shores of a sea loch at Bunree on Scotland’s west coast. We were told we…
Posted in 2013 Spain
¡¡Novedad!!
Given the atrocious spring in the UK thus far this year, we’ve been looking forward to today with eager anticipation for some time. Today, we were flying to Alicante, Spain, once again to look after our favourite perrito [little dog]…
Posted in 2013 Spain
Singapore Summary
Singapore, an island state measuring just about 25 x 15kms (16 x 10mls) off the southern tip of peninsular Malaysia, is essentially a world transport hub. It’s the stopping off point for a huge amount of the world’s cargo vessels…
Posted in 2013 SE Asia
Sling for your Arm, Sir?
I’m tempted to say that this is our last full day in Singapore but, since our flight departs for Heathrow tomorrow at midnight, I suppose that isn’t really true. Nonetheless, spending several hours waiting at an airport, even the relatively…
Posted in 2013 SE Asia
Walking Wounded
Our hosts have been wonderful. Like myself, David is a keen cook and we’ve been well fed and watered on a regular basis. Wanting to repay their kindness and give them a bit of a night off, being in the…
Posted in 2013 SE Asia
Taxi Troubles
Before we made plans to visit Singapore and Cambodia, I established contact with a Singaporean, Anthony, who maintains an excellent photographic blog dedicated to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Singapore. I wanted to check my suspicion that Singapore, having a…
Posted in 2013 SE Asia
The Garden Monitor
The first place on our Bukit List [see Forcing the TLA for an explanation] that we visited on arrival in Singapore was the renowned Singapore Botanic Gardens, or SBG for short. That being our first encounter with Asian dragonflies, we…
Posted in 2013 SE Asia
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