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Good old Sussex by the Sea

Yesterday I awoke to the most beautiful dawn of vivid blues and pinks over the sea. I drove over the glorious South Downs and did some early morning shopping in the picturesque village of Rottingdean. I thought of those London commuters pasty-faced, inhaling foul air struggling to work they do not [...]

November 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

If you can’t beat em, app em

A common theme of the Rust is the difficulty we oldies face in the techno society where it is assumed everyone has a smartphone and knows and wants to use it. I have mentioned in the past that the parking machines in Hove are now not coin-friendly but operated via an app. This is unfair to those [...]

November 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Dame on the Train

Yesterday I had an odd experience that might have happened on the start of a Hitchcock film whilst travelling up to London on Southern Railway. I was co-organising a dinner later that evening and looking forward to a leisurely journey. I had started the Telegraph crossword but was put off by a [...]

October 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

The annual medical

Last week my ageing Volvo passed its MOT and yesterday was my turn to present myself at my doctor for mine. I like my doctor, whom one might describe as old school, very much. He does not spend the consultation peering into his computer like many a GP but engages in eye to eye contact listening [...]

October 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

Wrapping up

My first trip to Andalusia was successful and I would repeat it. Next time, having seen Córdoba and Granada, I would head south from Sevilla to Ronda and Malaga. Because of the extreme summer heat when the temperature reaches 50 degrees I would only go in October again. I was fortunate to be in [...]

October 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sevilla-lisation

I had a free day in Sevilla before a French friend Valerie was due to join me. I still had to see the interior of the cathedral but chose instead to do what I enjoy most namely to wander around the city going wherever I choose. I set off in the direction of the bull ring. I have mixed views on [...]

October 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Back to Sevilla

I enjoyed Córdoba and the Mezquita was memorable but 2 days there is sufficient. My original plan was to go from there to Granada to see the Alhambra and I admit I was miffed when my travelling companion who appears to be at her elderly mother’s beck and call changed her (and our) plans as [...]

October 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Córdoba.

Yesterday we travelled to Córdoba on the fast train know as the Renfe. My friend advised me to buy a “seniores railcardos” for 6 euros which resulted in a fare reduction to 40 euros for the return ticket too. We sat in standard with comfy seats with plenty of legroom and there was a [...]

October 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

Tales of the Alhambra

I suspect many people’s grasp of Spanish history starts and ends with El Cid, with some fleeting nod to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who united Spain in 1492 and sent Christopher Columbus on his way to the Americas. Those with parents born in the 20th century may have experienced a [...]

October 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

Getting around Seville

Getting around Seville is no easy matter. However well you prep and map plan, once in the winding streets, often very narrow and lacking signage, you soon are lost. It’s just as well the Sevillans seem a friendly sort as they must be asked many times a day “What is the way to?” [...]

September 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

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