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A late summer catch up

Well it's time for another "catch up".  I haven't been posting in "real time" as you  know...still talking about my Spring trips when I've been on two summer trips since then! This summer has been a hectic one but now it's time to relax a little. Since coming home from British Columbia in June the time has whizzed by.  I spent the first two weeks of July pet sitting in the east end of my home town.  It made me realize that if I lived anywhere outside the city centre I would certainly need a car again.  That's okay however as I never intend to leave my cozy little nest downtown as I love it so much.  I took care of a basset hound named Marmalade, a cat named Spice and a guinea pig named Hercules.  I've looked after them many times before so it was nice to live in a familiar home with animals I knew.  We all rubbed along together quite well and Marmalade happily joined me on the basement couch for nonstop "Downton Abbey".   Funny

Jaunting around Jersey Part 2

So here I am back again with another story of my time on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands between England and France.  Part 2 takes place on Saturday May 1st when once again I purchased an all day bus pass for 7.50 GBP.   I had enjoyed my previous jaunt so much I decided to hit the buses once again. I was staying in Gorey Harbour which was such a good decision as I was right by the water in a village setting yet with regular connections to good public transit all over the island.  The bus stop was literally a two minute walk from my door step. While staying there I was being coy about where I was staying when talking about it on the blog.  (Stalkers you know!) Here is another picture of the harbour:  I stayed in the pale yellow house in between the three yellow buildings in a row (hotel) and the blue house.  One floor up with a wonderful view of the harbour.  I would mark it with an X but I don't know how to do that! This view appears on postcards, fridge magne

Being Bookish in Alnwick

After my glorious days on Holy Island and at Bamburgh Castle I spent a day exploring my base of Berwick .  My last day in Northumberland was earmarked to visit Alnwick  (pronounced "Annick" because well...it's Britain and they like to do stuff like that).  It was a dull cold rainy foggy day ....but you've got to roll with it. So off I went on the double decker bus and I was lucky enough to get the seat on the top in the front row. Fun on a nice day - not such a great move on a foggy day. ("I'll be the first one killed if a crazy driver hits us because I'll fly through the window" I kept thinking.- one car made it back into its own lane just in time as I cringed and closed my eyes)  Anyway we made it there in one piece..obviously or I wouldn't be writing this would I? Finally snagged a picture of this...it's a play park a "stone's throw from the beach" where you can paint pots, go to a cafe and have a family adventure toget