St Aubert's Chapel

St Aubert's Chapel at low tide, Mont Saint-Michel, Lower Normandy, France June 2009

Waterwheel

Waterwheel on the River Aure, Bayeux, France

We have visited Bayeux on several occasions and will be back again soon.

Road bridge over the Dordogne

Road bridge over the river Dordogne near Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, with the rail bridge in the background, this brings back memories of a great day out on the river.

The First Site

Camping Sitges, Spain 2003

This was out first stop after we bought the van in Barcelona, we had nothing to sit on, we had no idea what we were doing or where we were going, it was fantastic.

Day One Sitges     and     How we got the van

Six Red Telephone boxes

Love to see the old red boxes,

Six red phone boxes Durham City market place, 2009.

These Boxes are no longer with us, RIP, shame on you Durham

Gordon Xmas

As the snow is deep outside my home today and as Saturday is beer tasting day for me, here is my favourite winter beer.

John Martin, Gordon Xmas from Belgium

8.8% deep ruby red with a very thin head, roasted malt and port aroma, complex taste of roast malt, toffee, coffee and almost sweet sherry, very festive, like a Christmas party in your mouth. Absolutely loved it, the commercial description says "Created in the thirties, Gordon Xmas initiated the tradition of Christmas brews" I wish they were all this good.

Fallen Comrade

Low tide, Cramond island causeway, Firth of Forth, Edinburgh, Scotland. I have been thinking about this holiday quite a lot lately.

Summer Flower

Need to brighten up this winter, so here is a shot of a flower from my garden from August.

Bren & Dot

I love the smiles on this one, Bren & Dot out for a walk in Pierrefonds, France 2008.

Giddy up

Emily and Georgia on a statue in Rowntree Park, York 2007, this brings back memories and reminds me just how quick the girls have grown up.

The Aire, Mont Saint-Michel

The Camping-car Aire, Mont Saint-Michel, Lower Normandy, France 2009, It costs €8 to park the Motorhome for the day anyway, so you may as well stay the night.

Sadly this Aire has now gone, to make Mont Saint-Michel an Island the causeway has been removed, replaced by a bridge.

I am so glad I got to stay there, even though it was just the once, the view below has gone forever, well from a motorhome anyway.

Bug

I like this one, as it seems to burst out of the screen.

Beer Refletion

Dot and I reflected in a display of Belgian beers at B-café, at the rear of 2be Foodshopping Brugge, a beer shop and bar, Bruges, Belgium June 2009.

Plenty of things I love in this photo, Dot, Beer, Bruges, Belgium, Sun and Taking Pictures.

Rushing the catch home

Le, Château, d'Oléron, where a fishing boat was rushing up the channel through the mud flats with its catch of the day.   Charente-Maritime, France 2012.

Over that way

Dot & Georgia walking in Teesdale, we did many walks with the twins before they they got to school age and I miss it now.   I did blog our walks but even that has slowed down over the last year.  We really need to get out more.

Our Walking Blogs

Ongoing Work

Forth Rail Bridge (1890),

The photo was taken in March, when work was not only being done to the bridge but also on the yachts.

That trip to Scotland

Headland Lighthouse

Lighthouse, Hartlepool Headland, England

The lighthouse in my home town.

More Photos from the Headland

Little Girls, Big Plants

A photo I love from when the twins were much younger.

Walking alongside the river Ure on the outskirts of Hawes in 2007, the full story is linked below.

2007