Coast to Coast – Clay Bank to Blakey Ridge
It’s a beautiful morning with blue skies the width of the horizon and the warm sun means the lizards and the odd snake will be out warming their blood before …
2019
Kathy and Otto – An Emotional Farewell
Whitby to York – but this time we use four wheels… Friday Today we learn that a small Whitby hospital and its delightful staff are fabulous representations of our National …
Helmsley to Yorkshire Gliding Club
Y’know, we get out in all weathers but usually, we manage to chose a day that is reasonable to good by careful planning over a glass or two of brown …
Bangladesh – Part 1 – Getting there
Today we’re helped with some ‘paperwork’ and hindered with some security – and it’s all against the clock! Here’s the tale. We’re booked on the 0952 out of York arriving …
Bangladesh – Part 2 – Dhaka and Getting there
Today we sit with the great! deal with officialdom, pay through the nose and race with a rickshaw. Oh, and we meet a man with a gun… The flight to …
Bangladesh – Part 3 – Dhaka and Shipyard
Today we race the traffic in a tuktuk, take advice from a stranger! Dodge barges and bump other boats in a tiny ferry crossing the river, we’re shown through a …
Bangladesh – Part 4 – Train to Chittagong
Today we learn that developing countries running quite narrow gauge railways are more comfortable and cheaper than UK railways but not quite as fast, people are naturally kind and traffic …