This came from out of the blue today, but I think it's great ( Read more... )

...  Continuing from previous entries...  My brother and his family were visiting us in Scotland 5 years ago.  Here's more of what we did (from my hardcopy journal entries back then ( Read more... )

5 years ago last month we took a cruise around the Mediterranean for a week.  Here's an account of what we did, with info from my harcopy journal ( Read more... )

Four hundred years ago today, on July 28, 1609, the island of Bermuda was first settled by survivors of an English shipwreck.

From the Daily Express:

TEN THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT... BERMUDA

1. The ship was the Sea Venture, which was part of a flotilla under Admiral Sir George Somers, sent to relieve the colony at Jamestown, Virginia.

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Three inductees this month of people in the news who deserve a place in my Newsmakers Hall of Fame...

European Parliament - I did my European patriotic duty and voted for the first time in a European election. Unfortunately the usual bunch of crooks got in.

Cristiano Ronaldo - He just got signed by Real Madrid from Man U in a record-breaking deal.

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Some interesting info on Thomas Nast, from Wikipedia ( Read more... )

Our horse, Meggie, is a Connemara pony. Connemaras are a breed from western Ireland thought to be descended from Andalusians set loose when ships from the Spanish Armada ran aground in the late 1500's ( Read more... )

A timeline of the W years ( Read more... )

 Fountain in Ayamonte... it seemed to have a bit of a plumbing blockage.


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We had a fantastic holiday in Spain.  We normally don't do beach holidays, but that's what this one was.  7 days of lying around at the pool, reading our books and magazines, going down to dip our toes in the ocean, back up to drink cocktails, etc etc etc.  It was really great.  The place we stayed at was top notch...  Riu Atlantico.  We want to go ( Read more... )