Sunday in Soho
Di has outlined, I think, the delights of the British Museum. A spectacular building with more exhibits than can possibly be seen in a day…numerous… Read More »Sunday in Soho
Former Prince Andrew arrested
We’re in the Skinners Arms for about three hours, the TV screen over the bar looping between Andrew getting a colonoscopy without anaesthesia and journalists… Read More »Former Prince Andrew arrested
Gypsies
Today we walked. Uphill to a Chatelard Castle, downhill through back streets and fields and uphill again to the ritzy part of town (around Chateau… Read More »Gypsies
Catch up
Di’s pumping out pics on WhatsApp quicker than I can blog, and most of my best photos are Di’s. This is not to be borne.… Read More »Catch up
Snow
In the cold twilight, tiny pin pricks of gold emerge on the far edge of the lake dwarfed by the vast bulk of the mountains… Read More »Snow
Books
Bookshops are the reader’s alladin’s cave, are they not? We head for Abbey Books this morning and find it in the gentle Paris rain in… Read More »Books
Notre Dame
It’s a tragedy that we lose our arses as we age. It’s not the worst age-related affliction to be sure, but a disappointment nonetheless. Jeans… Read More »Notre Dame
Thousands gather to watch….
Yesterday Today “Hey Honey, which towel is yours, the left or the right?” “Mine’s the one in the middle”, came the reply. And so it… Read More »Thousands gather to watch….
Ah Paris, sous la pluie
Yesterday Today Di knitted a Dickie. She thinks, given I’ve been feeling the cold, that I need a dickie, but bigger than hers, so Di’s… Read More »Ah Paris, sous la pluie
Hot and Cold
This is just fun, day 3 of 180. Yesterday wasn’t. Five degrees, ‘feels like minus two’, raining, proper rain, not yesterday’s try-hard mizzle, blowing and… Read More »Hot and Cold