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Tim Lynette Wilkins
Tim Lynette Wilkins

Tim Lynette Wilkins

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  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJerez 2020Traveler

    Climate change?

    February 3, 2020 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Yesterday and today it's been hot - 23-24C in the shade and really hot in the sun - too hot for us! The locals say it is unusual just like spring weather in February. We only brought a small amount of sunscreen and are using it up quickly. It's ironic that we came here for some warmth and sunshine and are avoiding it in the middle of the day. Then the temperature plummets to 7-8C in the evening and we put the heating on in the apartment. The forecast is for it to remain warm, sunny and dry for the next fortnight.
    Out this evening it was still very mild. The weather apps say 14C but it was really pleasant sitting outdoors having a sherry after a good tapas dinner.    Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJerez 2020Traveler
    Penalty - and saved!

    Sunday football

    February 2, 2020 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Went to buy my Sunday paper and was delighted to find that my paper stand has discovered the Sunday times. A couple hours in the sun doing the crossword then off to the football. Previously I would walk the 20 mins to the stadium but this time I took the bus. Xerex deportivo are in the playoff places again - another promotion would be their fourth in five years, (or is it five in six years!) having only been founded in 2013. It was a really good match and Xerex won 3 - 0, and also missed a penalty. The other Jerez team, Jerez industrial, are also doing well, clear at the top of the table, although two divisions lower. Maybe I can get to one of their games too!

    The spiral staircase is from our living room up to the terrace. One of my targets in doing the physio on my foot was to be able to get up this to sit in the sun ( and get down again!) I'm pleased to say that I seem to be managing ok!    Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJerez 2020Traveler
    Finlays favourite square for playing with a football

    Settling in

    February 1, 2020 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

    After the journey yesterday, a long good nights sleep last night was very welcome. Today a trip to the supermarket to get stocked up, but first breakfast in a cafe next to the market. Last year it was closed for refurbishing (actually complete gutting and redesigning) so it was good get back and find that their churros and chocolate was as good as always. From the market we bought a huge fish called corvina. It's very popular here but I have difficulty finding the name in English. I think it's a type of sea bass called "meagre" - anybody know better? Anyway with the head and tail cut off, it just fits in the oven, on a bed of potatoes, and onions, garlic and parsley, doused in lemon and dry sherry. In the Afternoon a couple of hours in the sun and listening to the Barnet match on the radio. They won. I still have a sore ankle but I can walk for a while before it hurts and I have to rest on the sun lounger!Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsJerez 2020Traveler
    Sun went in over lunch

    Brilliant start

    January 31, 2020 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    All the arrangements worked perfectly and we are here safely. The taxi arrived on time at 3.30 and got us to the airport on time despite the M11 being closed and needing a long detour around the countryside. The assistance people at stanstead met us at the taxi drop-off and took me in a wheelchair (I wasn't complaining!) all through bag-drop, through the priority passport control and to the front of the line for security, then all the way to the gate and out to the aircraft steps. All done with perfect charm and friendliness. The Ryanair people on the plane had no idea what to with my crutches but managed to put them on the luggage rack, and a minivan was already waiting at the bottom of the steps at Jerez to whisk us to the front of the queue at passport control, get our cases in baggage reclaim and out to the front of the taxi queue. I couldn't have asked for a better service at both ends. In fact I think I'll carry crutches now every time I fly!

    The apartment is just as it was, and the weather is 20 degrees and with patchy sunshine, so lunch in a tapas bar just around the corner was lovely.    Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsChristmas 2019Traveler

    Chrismas day

    December 25, 2019 in England ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C

    I went out a walk this morning in the sunshine and walked round to Natalie and Andy's new house. I think this just about the first sunny day we've had since we got here! Then they all arrived about 11 and we spent all morning doing presents. Lunch at 1 , turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, bread sauce, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, parsnips in maple syrup, carrots, shallots in port, gravy, followed , some time later (!) ,by Christmas pudding with clotted cream, with a fine claret, and an Australian white sticky. Oh wow! First Christmas dinner in our new home!Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsMove to WendoverTraveler

    Its been a week!

    October 17, 2019 in England ⋅ 🌧 9 °C

    I can't believe we've been here a week already. We haven't really done much other than unpack boxes, and construct furniture. We got a few book cases from ikea so we've been building those, and lots of other stuff, and banging and hammering, and drilling and sorting things out. At least the walls of boxes are going down, and tonight we treated ourselves to a visit to the tapas restaurant on the corner of our road, and it was really good! I could see us going there a lot! Not at Spanish prices of course!Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsMove to WendoverTraveler
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    We're in!

    October 10, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    After the final packing and cleaning was done we waited and had a call about midday to say the money transfer for Longland drive had gone through, and to drop the keys off at the estate agents. She then suggested we should drive to Wendover and wait there. It took two more hours to get the money transferred and for us to get the keys and get into the new house. The movers were brilliant and we went from a completely empty house to a home full of boxes and furniture by 6 o'clock.Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsMove to WendoverTraveler

    Nearly all gone!

    October 9, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Today pretty much all of the boxes and furniture have gone. Tomorrow just the last bits of furniture, pot plants and tubs and the rest of the garden stuff to do. The expectation is that we should get the go-ahead to hand over the keys about midday, depending on the banks and the solicitors then we will be on our way.Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsMove to WendoverTraveler

    Another day, another lot of boxes

    October 9, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    The movers worked really well yesterday, from 8.30 to 5.30 with barely a break, as a result all our stuff from cupboards, wardrobes, kitchen etc was packed up in boxes and ready to go. Today they have started to shift all the furniture, starting with the top floor, so we have a clear room to hide in all day. It should be all done by tonight apart from all the plants and tubs and garden stuff, which will done in the morning along with the last minute stuff like the phone and router. If every thing goes to plan, and the banks send through the money on time, we could on our way around midday.Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsThe Isles of ScillyTraveler
    BN2 islander
    Bronze age village on st. MarysTrescoLands end lighthouseSt martins

    Penzance

    September 7, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Flight from the Scillies left well early so we have time for lunch in Penzance. Little 8-seater plane with just five passengers on it, and a young lady pilot. Great views over the islands and coming in to lands end.Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsThe Isles of ScillyTraveler

    Food

    September 6, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    We were a bit apprehensive about the food on this trip as there are only a few restaurants on each island and a captive audience. We have definitely had to book a day in advance and several were fully booked or we had to eat early or late. However we have eaten really well (and too much) with wonderful fish and seafood including local crab, lobster, hake, megrim, mackerel, mussels. The reviews said the restaurants were expensive but we found them not much different to London prices. We will definitely have to diet when we get home.Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsThe Isles of ScillyTraveler
    One of St Martin's beautiful beaches
    Typical footpath with lovely viewsLittle Bay and Great Bay, St MartinThe daymark (lighthouse with no light) & helicopterThe swimmersSunset on our walk home

    Last day - st. Martins

    September 6, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    We have been pretty lucky with the weather up to now. Despite a chilly breeze it's been mostly sunny and so very pleasant for walking. Today lived up to the forecast for cloudy and light rain. We decided to get the boat to another 'out island' and chose St Martin's and again were lucky as mainly the rain held off until our return journey. Only 120 people live on the island so it is very sparsely built on and mainly produces flowers for posting to the mainland. It has the most spectacular beaches with no development and lots of footpaths for walking. Over the last three days Janet's watch says we have done 17,000, 18,000 and 14,000 steps and it feels like it. We will enjoy sitting for 5 hours on a train tomorrow after the 20 minute flight to Lands End.
    This evening when we went for dinner there were dozens of swimmers on the beach preparing for a 2 day swim between the island's and some were not even wearing wetsuits.    Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsThe Isles of ScillyTraveler
    Romano british settlement
    16th century fort wallsBishops rock lighthouse, the most westerly part of the ScilliesBronze age tomb

    st. mary's

    September 5, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    A long walk up the middle of the island of St. Mary's to go the remains of an ancient settlement dating to a couple of hundred years A.D., and in use for another thousand years, and next to it a Bronze Age tomb from maybe 2000 years B.C. Then back along the coastal path to a restaurant in a spectacular site overlooking the bay. On the way back a trip to the small town of Old Town, including the grave of Harold Wilson.Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsThe Isles of ScillyTraveler

    Tresco 2

    September 4, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    In addition to semi tropical plants, Tresco is also home to a colony of red squirrels, there are no grey squirrels so they live happily in peace!

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsThe Isles of ScillyTraveler
    In the sea!
    On the beachBeaches all over the Scillies are magnificent!Out islands from Trescost. martin island from TrescoMuseum of ship figureheads wrecked on the Scillies

    Tresco

    September 4, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    This morning we took an inter-island boat to Tresco and stayed on the island all day. The crossing in the morning was very windy and bumpy and we arrived cold and soaked through with spray. Fortunately the sun came out, warmed us up and dried off our clothes. We had a walk across the island for an hour or so, then down to the Tresco Abbey Gardens. Because the Gulf Stream brings warm water, the island can grow semi tropical plants and the Abbey gardens are renowned for this.Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsThe Isles of ScillyTraveler
    Entrance to the fort
    St agnes island from the fortFort buildings, now a hotelWallsTown beach (and tapas bar)

    Evening walk

    September 3, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    After a rest we went for a walk around the promontory next to the town. Called "The Garrison", it is a fort started in 1540 and developed during the civil war, and the Napoleonic wars. Now it is an expensive hotel and restaurant. It is just an hour to walk all around and the views are spectacular over to all the other islands, which mostly are just 15 or 20 mins away by boat.Read more

  • Tim Lynette WilkinsThe Isles of ScillyTraveler
    View from our roof terrace
    St. Michaels mount, penzanceOn the ferryLunch in the sunView from the restaurant

    Arrival St. Mary's

    September 3, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    All the travel worked well, but it was a long journey. We left home at 9 p.m. Monday and got to st. Mary's at midday Tuesday. The b&b is very good and we are the only people in it. Lunch of mussels and shrimps overlooking the beach was a perfect way to start. So far it has been warm and sunny but there a chance of showers every day this week.Read more

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