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Celebration weekend: Friday

It was actually a working day for Anna but she had arranged to work from her company’s Liverpool office. So she was up very early and out. Their office is in the Royal Liver Building so she is spending the morning with Bertie and Bella, the Liver Birds. Bella is the one facing the seaContinue reading “Celebration weekend: Friday”

A celebration weekend

The football season ends this weekend with all matches kicking off simultaneously at 16.00 on Sunday. Whatever has happened during the season there is always a bit of a party atmosphere if the last match is a home match, which it is. And this year it will be even more so given we are PremierContinue reading “A celebration weekend”

Family time

My mum is 94 today so my (little) brother Paul and I have come to spend a couple of days with her. We arrived yesterday- she wasn’t in as she’d gone out to lunch and to see an Elton John tribute band. So we amused ourselves….i showed Paul some card tricks I have been learning.Continue reading “Family time”

It’s a long story …..

Many of you will know that I am a competitive bridge player and play in events at county and national level and even sometimes overseas. My usual partner is Val – this is Val and I winning the Scottish Ladies Pairs Championship in 2017 Every so often Val and I look ahead at forthcoming eventsContinue reading “It’s a long story …..”

Reflections on Japan

Where to start? We are back home and recovering from any jet lag we might have had. I’ve had time to reflect on our holiday- here’s a few of the things that spring to mind. Our basic itinerary was organised by a company called “Inside Japan”, after they’d had a conversation with me about whatContinue reading “Reflections on Japan”

Back to Tokyo

We return to Tokyo on the bullet train (Shinkansen), arriving back early afternoon And on the way back we once again saw Mount Fuji. This photograph is by Denis We are spending our last night in a big modern hotel with handy access to the bus station for getting to Haneda Airport tomorrow. At lastContinue reading “Back to Tokyo”

Osaka

The train journey back to Osaka was four hours; Denis had a much shorter journey and was meeting us off the train. Unfortunately we got off at a stop which wasn’t the one Denis was waiting for us at. So we reverted to Plan B and met him at the hotel instead. It’s a reasonableContinue reading “Osaka”

Back to Osaka and Denis

Oddly enough, given our exertions yesterday, neither of us slept that well. Although we did wake up to find Arsenal had drawn against Brentford while we were asleep meaning Liverpool now need NINE points to win the Premier League. Today they play West Ham at Anfield so let’s hope that a) we can find aContinue reading “Back to Osaka and Denis”

KUMANO KODO- Koguchi to Kii-Katsuura

I was up early trying to make sure our boots and backpacks were as dry as possible after yesterday’s soaking. Luckily our lovely host had a boot drying machine which helped She made us a great breakfast And gave us our packed lunch then took us back into Koguchi to the trailhead from which weContinue reading “KUMANO KODO- Koguchi to Kii-Katsuura”

KUMANO KODO – Yunomine Onsen to Koguchi

The bus arrived promptly and 15 minutes later we were at Ukegawa ready to start today’s section of the KUMANO KODO. A 13 km hike through the forest and over the mountain to Koguchi The trail was clearly marked and indeed where there was some possibility for confusion that was clearly marked too There wereContinue reading “KUMANO KODO – Yunomine Onsen to Koguchi”