A quiet day in Argomaniz
We had settled into a wonderful Parador, overlooking this plain with Vitoria in the distance, and decided on a quiet day in Argomaniz. We decided not to tackle a big city, but amuse... READ MORE
Sos to Argomaniz
Sos to Estella We took the usual road into Sanguesa but this time crossed the River Aragon, leaving the town behind us as we drove westwards along the river valley. The valley is... READ MORE
Walking round the walls of Sos del Rey Catolico
Somehow I managed to mislay my photographs, and so for a second time I walked around the walls of Sos del Rey Catolico. It is a good way of seeing the town, and... READ MORE
A visit to Uncastillo and Luesia
We set off from Sos to visit Uncastillo, and Luesia. We had been to Uncastillo in the past, but Luesia was new. READ MORE
A Roman Villa and Lumbier Gorge
The day dawned sunny and warmer, and we decided to visit a Roman Villa and Lumbier Gorge, where we had walked in the past. READ MORE
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Cratfield Village Hall
The Village Hall is very important in small villages, providing a centre for people to meet. Cratfield Village Hall will be the venue for our Art Exhibition during the Open Weekend on 14 & 15 June this year. Cratfield Village … Continued
Cratfield Countryside
The season is changing – primroses are sheltering in the ditches.
St Mary’s Church, Cratfield
St Mary’s Church in Cratfield in the evening light. A Church was established in Cratfield at the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, but most of the current church dates from 1300s and 1400s. Suffolk has many old churches … Continued
Bradshaw, Hand Book to London, Day 7, Paddington to Lamb’s Conduit Street (no.47)
The Marylebone Baths and Wash-houses, built in 1850, offered ‘..107 separate baths, besides two large swimming baths, with a constant supply of tepid water..’.
St Mary on Paddington Green
If you close your ears and mind to the traffic you can find some of the peace which must have been Paddington Green, but on reflection I found it a sad spot even though the first spring flowers were starting … Continued
Bradshaw’s Hand Book to London, Day 7, Paddington (no.46)
Mr Bradshaw and I picked up the tour in Paddington, at the junction of the Edgware Road with Blomfield Road where I walked along the Regent’s Canal, in the area known as Little Venice.