Roots Reggae Bar, Old Bank, Panama
Locals arrive at Playa Wizard, Panama
Street art in Bogota
Market day in Villa de Leyva
Plaza Mayor, Villa de Leyva
Watching the world go by in Getsemani
Crowds at Barranquilla Carnaval
Marimonda – traditional Barranquilla Carnaval character
Square in Getsemani, Cartagena
Caffie and Martin chill at the beach in Cartagena
Caffie with los padres de Rafa
Cartagena
A few random pics from our stay in Senegal
St Louis streetlife
Table football in St Louis
Market on the fishermen’s island, St Louis
M Fall, bicycle repairs, sculpture
Groceries in St Louis
On the way to Ocean et Savane, near St Louis
Colourful resident at Oxfam guesthouse, Dakar
Photos from when Lucy and the Spirit Children visited us in 2012
Outside the Radcliffe Camera
Amy and Lottie at the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
Caffie looking stylish
Lottie relaxing on the window seat
Cats relaxing
We are the bourgeois climate refugees! Fleeing the European winter for a trip to Singapore, Penang in Malaysia, and Koh Lipe in Thailand.
Chinese New Year (CNY as the locals say) decorations in Singapore – shophouse paintwork kept immaculately touched-up
Singapore Chinese chequers – serious business for pensioners
Georgetown shophouses on Penang, a little more rustic than those in Singapore
Person-high incense burning outside temple in Georgetown
Caffie at the famous Ghee Hiang biscuit shop (a Penang institution), posing with their big baby mascot
Unfortunate transliteration, or brutally honest advertising?
2012 is the Year of the Dragon – CNY celebrations in Georgetown
Lion dancers came to bless our hotel
The lions are offered mandarins – these are the remains after they have gobbled them down
Balancing huge flags is a local tradition
Dancers at the Georgetown CNY celebrations
Sunrise beach on Koh Lipe, before it got too busy
We drove up via Cumbria/Northumbria to stay by Hadrian’s Wall, but surely the strangest part of the trip was the Lonach Highland Games. We were particularly taken by the Qualifying Heavies.
Near Hadrian’s Wall
Cumbrian skies
Bandsman and what used to be a big cat, Lonach Highland Games
Qualifying Heavies, Lonach Highland Games
Qualifying Heavies, Lonach Highland Games
Qualifying Heavies, Lonach Highland Games
Qualifying Heavies, Lonach Highland Games
Qualifying Heavies, Lonach Highland Games
Qualifying Heavies, Lonach Highland Games
Qualifying Heavies, Lonach Highland Games
Qualifying Heavies, Lonach Highland Games
Qualifying Heavies, Lonach Highland Games
Lonach Highland Games
Lonach Highland Games
Lonach Highland Games
Lonach Highland Games
Lonach Highland Games
Lonach Highland Games
Lonach Highland Games
Yes, our famous tour of the frozen North. Winter is coming… if only we’d known.
First we went to Durham (this was before the snow) and stayed in the fantastic Victoria Inn. The snow started falling while we were in Edinburgh. Things were serious by the time we reached Aberdeenshire.
Even in the snow, Huntly Farmers’ Market was great.
There was an informal folk session at Lynn and Richard’s Christmas Party – more of this at the Tin Hut in Gartly.
Back in England it wasn’t much less snowy. We stayed at the Mardale Inn , which features in Withnail & I, of course.
Durham Cathedral
Victoria Inn, Durham
Victoria Inn, Durham
Victoria Inn, Durham
The drive of Culdrain House
Fields next to Culdrain House
Dogwalking
Dogwalking
Dogwalking
Huntly Farmers Market
Lynn and Parker
Fraser and Simon playing, Richard listening
Keithy at Culdrain House
Simon at Culdrain House
Snowy lane in Bampton
Mardale Inn, Bampton, Cumbria
Cumbrian sheep
Caffie in the snow in Cumbria
Highlights of our visit to France in 2007. As well as visiting Sylviane, we stayed at Chateau de la Puisaye and Auberge des Vieux Moulins Banaux , both recommended.
American nuns visiting the cathedral in Chartres
Bourges cathedral
Detail from window in Bourges cathedral
Chateau de la Puisaye
Sylviane with the faithful Menfis in her garden
Auberge des Vieux Moulins Banaux (great food)
Highlights from our travels on Mainland, Hoy and Papa Westray (Papay). On Papay we stayed at School Place with Jim and Morag Hewitson who were excellent hosts and supplied the best dinners we had on the trip (is it still going?)
Skara Brae
Ring of Brodgar
Dwarfie Stane on Hoy, a rock-cut tomb
Caffie’s toes on Rackwick Bay
The Old Man of Hoy
Approaching Papa Westray by plane
Airport on Papa Westray (Papay)
Beach Papa Westray
Shag drying its wings, Papa Westray
Sunset at the Knap of Howar, Papa Westray
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