Life's about experiences. These are mine.
Well what a year that was! Not quite the one I was expecting to have that’s for sure. We didn’t get to go on the holidays we had planned but we got to see a lot more of our granddaughter which was more than adequate compensation. For me the adjustment due to the pandemic wasn’t …
This has taken me longer to sort out this year than it did for 2018 but here, finally, for you delectation is my 2019 in numbers. Once again these figures have been culled from a number of sources including Exist, last.fm, Audible, Swarm and a couple of spreadsheets that I keep. Healthily I managed 124,000 …
Readers may take a look at what is written below and question whether I have really been to Helsinki asking can you really say you have been to a place if you only see it at night? That was Helsinki for me back end of November 2019. I was away on business in Helsinki for …
Continue reading “Finland ’19 – Day One, Two & Three – Helsinki”
I think that we have established that I have been to a fair few concerts in my time but last nights Marillion gig at the RAH must have been the strangest of the lot. The Royal Albert Hall is a beautiful venue and the acoustics are just amazing. It really is one of the best …
Continue reading “Marillion, Royal Albert Hall, 18th November 2019. Bums and Pointing.”
A final jaunt round the Circumvesuviana this morning to the town of Ercolano or, as it is better known, Herculaneum. Having done Pompeii a couple of days ago we toyed with whether to bother with doing the lesser known brother too but I am glad that we did. What attracted us there was that it …
In what is becoming something of a regular occurrence we were once again on the Circumvesuviana this morning stopping at Pompeii. However, it wasn’t to go back to the site again but to pick up a local bus to Vesuvius. The cause of all the trouble in the first place. Outside the station were some …
This morning we found ourselves back on the hard seats of the Circumvesuviana but not going as far as Pompeii this time. Today it was a trip to the Funivia del Faito, a cable car to the top of Mount Faito. As the train was approaching the station we were stood by the door with …
Continue reading “Italy ‘19 – Day Twelve – Funivia del Faito”
After the ‘punishing’ schedule of the last ten days we decided to take it easier today. Neither Helen nor I are ones to sit around and read a book or brown ourselves on a sun lounger so this was going to be a challenge for both of us! For us a late start would be …
If you ever have cause to complain about GWR come and have a ride on the Circumvesuviana. This train runs from Sorrento to Naples calling at a number of top tourist places on the way such as Pompeii. Given that this is a top shop window for tourists you would perhaps expect this to show …
When people talk about Italy a number of places come up such as, of course, Rome, Tuscany and the Amalfi coast. We are just along the coast from Amalfi and we decided today to take a local bus and explore out that way. If you have ever seen any photos of the Amalfi coast it …
Continue reading “Italy ‘19 – Day Nine – Sorrento and Positano”