Bumbling along

(March 13 2024) I haven’t written since July. To tell you the truth life has gone on much as before with the usual daily rhythm. We think we have finally cracked how to make the puppy sleep through the night by taking him out for a walk and a sniff just before...
Graduation day

Graduation day

(August 7 2023) It wasn’t entirely clear whether Eliza would have her degree scripts marked in time for her planned graduation ceremony or, indeed whether there would be any ceremony at all, but a couple of weeks before the date pencilled into our diaries, Eliza...
Monday – the Blue Lagoon

Monday – the Blue Lagoon

Jul 15,2023 Reykjavik Blue Lagoon, Iceland As I mentioned, a big part of the desire to visit Iceland was to sample its geothermal waters so a visit to the Blue Lagoon, promoted by some enthusiastic marketing people as one of the 20 Wonders of the World, was an...
It hurts

It hurts

July 3 2023 Twitter collapsed on Saturday. When I expressed my dismay, some random dick criticised me for being so emotionally invested in an app and basically told me to get a life, and this ill-tempered sniping at feelings you do not understand has come to sum it...
Sunday – geothermal

Sunday – geothermal

Jul 1,2023 Reykjanes Fridheimar Tomato Farm Strokkur Gullvoss Thingvellir It was an early start for the a Sunday morning on  the Golden Circle tour from Reykjavik. On the way to the Geysir area of geothermal activity, we passed Reykjanes, where the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...