Following yesterday’s False Start with our bikes securely fastened to their carriers and yours truly being sans key, the embarrassing lack of key having been rectified, this morning we thought we’d have another go at getting going. Yesterday having begun…
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False Start
When we went for a long weekend to Shropshire recently in search of the White-faced Darters at Whixall Moss, we opted for a different approach. Normally when travelling avec Guillaume, I bring him round to our house where I give…
Posted in 2013 Norfolk
Welcome to Norfolk
No, I’m not going to do the old joke, “this is Norfolk and you’re welcome to it”. Norfolk may be one of the flattest counties in the UK but it’s a pleasantly rural county characterised by flint cottages. Very picturesque…
Posted in 2013 Norfolk
A Day Off
Tempting though it was for me to return to Whixall Moss for a second go at snapping the celebrity White-faced Darters (Leucorrhinia dubia), I decided to try a little alternative entertainment – revisiting life before Odos, as it were. Besides,…
Posted in 2013 Shropshire
In Search of the White-face
OK, now to the main reason for our trip into the unknown this weekend. Whixall Moss in Shropshire is home to the UK’s southernmost colony of White-faced Darters (Leucorrhinia dubia). There used to be a colony at Thursley Common NNR…
Posted in 2013 Shropshire
Into the Unknown
A couple of things came together to make our current June long weekend – well, longish weekend – our first UK trip of the year. Firstly, winter 2012 began in the UK sometime in April. As far as I can…
Posted in 2013 Shropshire
Not Camera Shy
With an overcast day in prospect and chores having taken up a fair chunk of the morning, we thought we’d head over the mountains south to investigate the Fonts de L’Algar, a tourist attraction/trap waterfall uncomfortably close to Benidorm. Since…
Posted in 2013 Spain
Double Drat!
About one kilometre down the valley towards Benissa is a lavender garden that is open to the public only on Sundays. Being a fan of the lavender fields of Provence, Francine was keen to stick her nose into this one.…
Posted in 2013 Spain
Xalonia Weekend
Spain is one of those European countries where languages get mixed up. Here, it’s a little like driving into Wales and suddenly being faced with a mixture of road signs in Welsh as well as English. I’m not a fan…
Posted in 2013 Spain
Ticked Off Along the River
With almost a week of mostly sunny, clear weather in the bag, we thought we’d try a walk up the Jalón river, that is to say, towards Alcalalí. I suspect that the river flows a little too quickly for for…
Posted in 2013 Spain
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