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  • K and A's road tripTravelerBig Adventure

    Redcar

    May 13, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    We left the car on Marion and Alan's drive, big thank you to them, and took the van up to Redcar to visit Karen's mum and dad as well as Nicola and family.
    We stayed three nights free camping on the stray and during the day visited the folks in Redcar. A beautiful view from our van over the north Sea and beach.
    We visited the market at Northallerton on Saturday followed by a visit to Whitby on Sunday which were both enjoyable. Karen went to play the twopenny waterfalls in the amusement arcade and I wandered to the end of the harbour wall, something I had never done before in all my visits to the town. We squeezed into the Weatherspoons for a couple of beers prior to returning to Redcar.    Read more

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    North Baddesley

    May 9, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    On Monday Lizz kindly ran us both into Winchester where Karen had an appointment at the fracture clinic.
    Great news, the repair in Australia had been completed brilliantly and the boot could finally come off. The consultant advised that K could drive immediately which we were both relieved to hear.
    Lizz dropped us off at Syd and Jo's on the way home and we were able to pick up the car and make our way under our own steam back to our site.
    We advised the agents of the property that we had the offer accepted on that we would be looking at further properties to buy as there had been no progress by our vendors to find a new house to move to.    Read more

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    North Baddesley

    May 8, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    We spent a few days with Stewart and his family to unwind some of the jet lag.
    We were pleased to help with the children when S and Em were at work. A couple of bottles of champers were opened to celebrate Stewarts appointment and we all enjoyed a fish bbq in the nice spring sunshine.
    Unfortunately Magnus reacted badly to the prawns but recovered well to partake in the final rugby match of the season the following day.
    Sterwart ran us down to Hampshire on the Sunday and with the help of Syd we were able to get van over to the Site at North Baddesley    Read more

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    Walthamstow

    May 4, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Another travelling day.
    The changeover at Doha was seamless, with brilliant and very helpful assistance for Karen and myself between terminals.
    Arriving back at Heathrow things were less well organised - fiasco is the word for the comical organisation of the care for disabled travellers. We then had a very slow trip in a taxi around the North circular to just arrive in time for A to pick up Magnus from school club and the girls from nursery - all done in the pouring rain.
    Magnus his usual exuberant self and Jemima and Mary took to us very quickly once again.
    How lucky are we?    Read more

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    Doha

    May 3, 2022 in Qatar ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C

    Travelling day.
    Karen enjoyed a business class trip to Hamad International and A had a spare seat in e-comedy class so we were both able to sleep well on the 14+ hour flight. The business class experience was amazing, and the extra space provided very welcome. Sadly Karen could not do justice to the quantity (and quality) of food offered - as we had been out for lunch with Jamie the day that we left we were still fairly full when we boarded the plane at 10pm.Read more

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    Eatons Hill

    May 2, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Today we confirmed our flights back to the UK for tomorrow evening.
    We had been promising the girls a visit to Macca's and today was the day. The schools were shut due to a public holiday so we picked the girls up from their dance class and drove to the local Macdonalds restaurant. We enjoyed a peaceful meal compared to the one we had with Magnus et al in Walthamstow- although the food was no better. The girls enjoyed it though and little Summer greatly enjoyed her french fries followed by ice cream.Read more

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    Eatons Hill

    April 26, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    We returned to Brisbane to spend the last few days of our trip with our family. Karen got the good news that our insurance company had upgraded her seat to Business Class so she at least would have a reasonably comfortable flight back to London. Unfortunately the upgrade did not include Alan.
    We have spent some quality time with our Brizzie family during the last 3 months, and will miss their company when we return home soon.
    The girls were very excited about setting up a stall to sell some wares with their school friends and spent each evening beavering away to build some stock. They made as many bracelets as they could using a couple of bead sets they had recently bought. Tony and Antonella visited on Saturday and we all enjoyed an afternoon bbq followed by a film night in the garden which was a great success. Samantha made grandpa a chocolate birthday cake (belated), which was very nice.
    Sunday was a lazier day. The girls set up their stall on the roadside outside the house, the venture was a great success and they have been inspired to do it all again at a later date.
    In the evening we visited The Eat Street markets in Brisbane in the early evening for a very lively evening meal. The girls chose a pudding of gelato and 16 dollars bought Sophie a Conut which comprised of a pastry, cone, icecream, doughnut, more ice cream, caramel bar and topping - enormous.    Read more

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    Stanthorpe

    April 24, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    On Sunday we visited the Museum at Amiens where the local history society were keen to bring us up to speed with the post WW1 history of the area. Sunday turned into quite a cold day so we returned to the site to keep warm in the camp kitchen.
    On Monday we drove to Mount Malay the local high spot to have a look over the plains surrounding Stanthorpe, we then we visited Suttons farm and juice factory where the apple pies were hotly recommended. We were glad we were forewarned, we had one pie helping to share and it was enormous, served with cider ice cream and chantilly cream.
    Eugene had told us about the Queensland College of Wine and Tourism which had been built to provide a practical education for non academic students in the area. The restaurant was reputed to offer great fare so we booked ourselves in for a lunch. We both opted for the signature lunch tasting menu which came with complimenting wines from the college vinyards over four courses which was all very tasty.
    By the evening the winds had dropped and the temperatures improved and we enjoyed our last night in the open in front of a raging camp fire.    Read more

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    Stanthorpe

    April 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Friday was a day we had been looking forward to. Kirsty and Matt, as a thank you for helping with their bathroom, had treated us to a wine tour of the region.
    We were picked up by Eugene and with one other couple we visited five wineries throughout the day.
    At the first Ridgehill we were given samples of every one of their wines, six whites, three rose, 5 red and a port.
    We next visited Jesters Hill where we sampled about 50% of their range.
    Just prior to lunch we enjoyed a tasting at Kominski, and Toni the Greek proprietor was a brilliant character.
    All the while, as we travelled around the area Eugene was giving us a commentary on the history, geography and farming industry in the area.
    We enjoyed a pie lunch at The Blue Pool prior to a visiting The Summit vineyard, then Castle Glen where the proprietor was exceedingly proud of the selection of 200 liqueurs, fortified wines etc that were all developed by himself on the premises.
    On Saturday we drove into the Girroween National Park where the Granite outcrops in the area form some interesting shapes.
    On the way we had a look at the train station at Wallangarra, famously visited by the Prince of Wales on his tour to Australia after WW1. It is built on the border between NSW and Queensland and the different shapes of the two canopies on either side of the station building is apparently due to the authorities of each railway administration not liking each other.
    Prior to the National Park , we needed to stop at the chocolate factory where K enjoyed a tea and A a coffee accompanied by a nice chocolate fancy. Karen then managed a short walk around the park on her crutches where we came face to face with kangaroos and wallabies. A took a further short walk to have a look at the granite arch - a natural formation of the granite formed over millions of years.    Read more

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    Stanthorpe

    April 20, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Wednesday was a travelling day. We left Eatons Hill in the morning and passed through the Scenic Rim and Warwick before climbing up onto the Darling Downs.
    We passed through The Summit, the highest point on the Inland Country Way from Sydney to Rockhampton. This area is the home of the Australian fruit growing industry - we passed apple orchards, and stone fruit orchards on our journey into the Granite Belt.
    Our destination was the Sommerville campsite at The Storm King Dam, after arriving at 2pm we were all set up by 4pm proving that the tent can be set up by one person.
    Stanthorpe is 850m above sea level and one of the highest towns is Queensland. When we visited the weather was changeable with strong winds, daytime temperatures varied between 16 to 21 deg C and the night time temperatures dropped as low as 10 deg C. We had come prepared for colder temperatures but we had become used to the heat of Brisbane and found it a little of a shock to our system.
    On Thursday we took a drive along one of the tourist routes which took in the villages of Amiens, Paschendale and a few others which were named after the end of the first world war. The Queensland Government designated the area for distribution to returning soldiers from WW1 who were encouraged to become farmers and build new lives on the land. Many endured and prospered, but some fell by the wayside, many of the owners of the fruit farms and wine farms in the area are related to the original settlers. The little museum at Amiens, run by volunteers opened for three hours each Sunday so we moved on to the local Cheese making factory to have a tasting.
    The cheese shop was busy, we paid for a taste of each cheese prior to picking our favourite to have with a ploughmans lunch. The cheeses were delightful and the blue cheese in particular caught our fancy.    Read more

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