Friday 11th May 2018 Loreley, Lorelei, it seem that either spelling is correct. The locals use the former so that’s what I am going to stick with. Apologies first, for the delay in posting my updates on our progress it seems that in the Rhine Gorge and in the Black Forest they can only manage a … Continue reading Climbing the Loreley

Thursday 10th May 2018 It was a bit of a surprise this morning as the beautiful blue, Brisbane-like skies we have become used to have disappeared and instead it is dull, grey and decidedly chilly (is it a jeans day?). As we drove out of Koblenz and into the Rhine Gorge we could see dark clouds … Continue reading It’s damp in Boppard

Tuesday 8th May 2018 “It’s more impressive than Matlock Bath!” said Wendy as our cable car crossed the Rhine, heading for the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress with the Rhine and Mosel laid out in all their murky glory below us; and indeed it is. Yesterday, Wendy was at the wheel as we whizzed through five countries and 317 … Continue reading “It’s more impressive than Matlock Bath!”

Monday 7th May 2018 It feels like a Saturday but it is quarter past three on the hottest ‘Early May Bank Holiday Monday’ ever and Wendy and I are sitting in the sun, on the campsite of the Drum Inn, Stanford, just outside Ashford, Kent. It’s a great little site with a range of hard standing … Continue reading At last, we are on our way!

Saturday and Sunday, 21st & 22nd April 2018 “The rain will not be particularly heavy, but it will be a nuisance.” Said the Radio 4 weather forecaster, and she was right! The rain was definitely doing all it could to be a nuisance. Sitting in our kitchen back in Derby I watched the raindrops chase each … Continue reading A Lazy Ozzie Weekend

Sunday 22nd April 2018 What a sport packed weekend! Rugby League on Friday at the Suncorp Stadium, soccah on Saturday at Caboolture Sports Club and now Australian Rules Football (AFL) at the Gabba. As you gathered from my last post, I didn’t expect to get to the famous Gabba Stadium, but I was wrong. This evening … Continue reading I Got to the Gabba!

Friday 20th April 2018 The Gabba is Brisbane’s most iconic sports ground, the traditional home of the first test against a touring England cricket team. However the Australian cricket season is over until October so bring on the Suncorp Stadium. The Suncorp Stadium at Lang Park is the home to the Brisbane Roar soccer team and … Continue reading Friday Night at the Broncos

Tuesday 17th to Thursday 19th April 2018 Today’s post has been made possible by the sponsorship of Holly Jones. Thirty days into our Australia Trip it rained, and did it rain? On Wednesday it came down in stair rods, great big drops falling from a dark leaden sky. Monday and Tuesday had been gorgeous, a continuation of … Continue reading On the Road Again (When it rains, it pours!)

Saturday 14thApril 2018 The sporting event of the holiday took place this evening at Dunmore Park, the fortress of the mighty Toowong FC as they took on Park Ridge Panthers FC. Toowong were in control through out the match and deserved the comprehensive 3-0 victory. Of course the home interest was on the gifted, utility … Continue reading An Evening at the ‘Soccah!’

7th & 8th and 14th & 15th April 2018 One of the key factors in the timing of our trip Down Under was to try and take in some of the Commonwealth Games that were taking place an hour or so down the coast from Brisbane at the Gold Coast City. Ant had entered the ballot for tickets months … Continue reading The Commonwealth Games