by Trevor Millum | Jul 24, 2019 | Gardens, Places, Visits
There are enough pictures of pretty bays and beaches but you can never have too many gardens. So here is Diffryn Fernant, near Fishguard. Go see it, says Monty Don, so we did and he’s right. It ranges from the cottage and kitchen garden areas near the house...
by Trevor Millum | Mar 24, 2019 | Places
One of many intriguing carvings in the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at UEA in Norwich. Here’s another, looking very bemused by it all. The exhibits are eclectic, to say the least: from the Pacific, the Americas and Japan – interspersed with modern...
by Trevor Millum | Feb 12, 2019 | Gardens, Places, Visits
Off to somewhere warm and exotic? No, not at all. Lovely North Wales and Conwy in particular. A castle, a walled town and views over the water from the chaise long in the bedroom while sipping a glass of something… And only four hours away. We couldn’t...
by Trevor Millum | Oct 10, 2018 | Family, Places
An old-fashioned cinema in the woods? Yes, so old they call it The Kinema in the Woods and it’s been going non-stop since 1912. Up-to-date films, though, and coffee in the foyer, which also houses memorabilia including a full sized dalek. Plenty of comfy seats...
by Trevor Millum | Sep 12, 2018 | Family, Places
Ponches-Estruval was as quiet as ever (apart from next door’s dog) and a delightful place to spend a relaxing week. Dunc and Kate joined us for a number of days and of course we had to visit St Valery and Le Crotoy. St Valery has the wonderfully idiosyncratic...
by Trevor Millum | Apr 27, 2018 | Places
After a rainy start, for which the locals apologised, the weather warmed up for our week or so down south. Accompanied by our trusty fellow moho-ers, we stayed at the campsite facing the much painted Mt St Victoire. Sylv and I had a go but mine was, as usual, more of...
Recent Comments