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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Review: Dark Fire
Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom My rating: 5 of 5 stars Continual suspense Matthew Shardlake has put the nerve-wracking episode of his investigations at Scarnsea Monastery behind him and is living the relatively quiet life of a London lawyer of … Continue reading
#WeekendCoffeeShare: In Which a Family Holiday Almost Gets Cancelled and My Old Dog is Very Happy
If we were having coffee, I would tell you all about the string of stressful events which eventually led to the happy conclusion of my wife lying on a sunbed by the pool at the Hermes Hotel in Kefalos, Kos. … Continue reading
Posted in weekendcoffeeshare
Tagged dogs, hermes hotel, holiday, kefalos, kos, longparish, love, passport, stress, weekendcoffeeshare
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Ecuador 1994 – Part Eleven
14th August – Sunday Breakfast of fried eggs, lousy coffee and juice, and toast with guava jam. We walked down the 3 km track to Bahía Tortuga (Turtle Bay). Along the way we saw a few [Darwin’s] finches and lava … Continue reading
Posted in Darwin, Ecuador, Galapagos
Tagged Darwin, Ecuador, Galapagos, iguana, marine iguana, pelican
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Ecuador 1994 – Part Ten
13th August – Saturday We had to be at the airport by 7.30, so we left El Cafecito at just gone seven. Again we had left some baggage behind, including our boots. Our laundry wasn’t dry, so we took it … Continue reading
Ecuador 1994 – Part Nine
12th August – Friday We had to get up at 3.45 am for breakfast at four. Having said our goodbyes we headed of back up the river to Coca. Despite all the rain, the water level seemed lower than when … Continue reading
Posted in Ecuador, Personal
Tagged coca, Ecuador, El Cafecito, Magic Bean, margarita, quito
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Eleven Miles – more touching reviews
It fills my heart with pride and joy when I read reviews of my debut novel, Eleven Miles, which tell of the real reflection of life and society in remote African villages. This is exactly what I was trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Book review, Eleven Miles, Personal
Tagged africa, amazon, book review, botswana, Children, eleven miles, South African, writing, writing inspiration
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Ecuador 1994 – Part Eight
11th August – Thursday In the morning we went for another short walk (about 4 hours) through the jungle. We followed the noise of some squirrel monkeys but never caught up with them. Very often we saw tapir tracks but … Continue reading
Ecuador 1994 – Part Seven
10th August – Tuesday It started pouring down just after breakfast. This was the day of our “long trek”, but we waited until 9 o’clock to see if the weather would break. It didn’t. Off we went down the river … Continue reading
Ecuador 1994 – Part Six
9th August – Tuesday After a breakfast of bacon, eggs and juice, and an hour or two of observing the waking jungle, we set off on our morning walk. It is worth mentioning that the time to get up is … Continue reading
What a great week for running – for me, anyway!
I’ll be brief. I had three wonderful, early-morning runs in Bois de Boulogne in Paris while I was there for business meetings. On Saturday, I went for my usual Andover parkrun. I was on a good pace for 24 minutes … Continue reading
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