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A Heathrow wait

By family arrangement last night I drove to Heathrow Terminal 2, parked in its short stay (pick up) car park and then made my way inside in order to await an Anglo-friendly family member by marriage who was arriving from Canada at approximately 9.00pm. My task was to convey him to the home of one [...]

October 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sporting behaviour and team discipline – on or off the pitch

When it comes to sport – one of the main interests of columnists on this website – the Rust has a number of recurring subjects, issues and themes. Currently there’s plenty happening on the world stage – no surprise there – but today I’ve decided to post some personal reflections [...]

October 3, 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

The power of sleep

I make no apology for beginning this post with three quotations: “Life is a sexually-transmitted disease and the mortality rate 100%” [R.D. Laing]; “I love sleep. My life has a tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” [Ernest Hemingway]; and “Early to bed and early to rise [...]

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

Seville explored

Given the extreme difficulty I had in locating my room, I decided to take all necessary precautions when I left it at 8.00am yesterday. I packed enough victuals into my backpack to last a day and, singing Keep Right On  To The End Of The Road by Sir Harry Lauder, set off confidently from my room. [...]

September 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

Seville

Seville: the capital of Andalusia, the city of oranges, Carmen and the ‘Barber of’ opera,Velazquez, and a football team that has won the Europa Cup three years running. It has the  most beautiful Gothic cathedral in the world , the Alcazar Palace built by the Moors, and fine [...]

September 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

Glad that day is over

I would like to think through no fault of my own yesterday I had something of a frustrating day. Firstly, my fitness campaign has been going to pot recently. A fortnight ago I began my week weighing 12 stone 8 pounds – this down from 13 stone 12.2 pounds at the beginning of January – but over [...]

September 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

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