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The Lake District
Oct 10 I left my Canterbury guesthouse after breakfast for the 4 minute walk to Canterbury East. There are two stations in Canterbury. I was heading north and my first train was to Victoria station, London. I’m not sure if … Continue reading
South England
Oct 3It was drizzling when I left the Penzance hostel at about 8 o’clock for my 20 minute walk to the train station. I was beginning an eastward move, initially to Plymouth. It would be a 2 1/2 hour single … Continue reading
South West England
While in London I will need to figure out how to get around. Mostly I use the tube or the underground. I have never figured out how to use the bus system which is very extensive and I’m sure probably … Continue reading
England 2025
On my last trip to Britain, in 2014, I went with three objectives. The first, to cycle from Lands End to John O’Groats.(LEJOG) This is an iconic bike trip that takes about 2 weeks, traversing from the extreme South to … Continue reading
East Africa Birds – 1
For seven weeks Rich King and I visited Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, largely in search of birds. Rich is a casual bird lister, I try to be a bird photographer. I hesitate to give either of us these labels … Continue reading
Ethiopia
We are now home from our seven week four country Africa trip Our Ethiopian venture began February 10th with our flight from Dar Es Salaam. We were picked up by Tefera Alemu who had put together Rich’s trip before Covid … Continue reading
Tanzania
We arrived in Tanzania on Feb 1, settling in for two nights in a hotel in Arusha. Arusha is the centre of tours into the northern highlands, where most of the animal parks are situated. Rich has visited this part … Continue reading
Kenya
I saw a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills. Actually I have seen many farms so far on my trip to Africa, even some in the Ngong Hills as we passed through on the way to … Continue reading
Birding in Uganda
The first part of this note was sent off as an email Jan 17 after 8 days of travel. I include it now to simply keep my notes together. The remaining days of our two weeks in Uganda with Mamaland … Continue reading
East Africa
Once again I have neglected this blog. It is almost two years since my birding/biking trip to Japan/ Taiwan and my last entries. Although my travels are getting less adventurous I am still getting around. In the last two years … Continue reading
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