Category Travel

A grey Monday in Lewes, UK.

  It’s a grey day today here in my home town of Lewes, UK.  It might not have the radiant colours of the Mediterranean but I rather like all those muted tones.   If you have to have a Northern…

My Panama hat in Venice

    At the end of these two weeks of blogs about Venice, it is time to add that it wasn’t just me who had a great time – my trusty Panama hat enjoyed itself too.        …

Venice: city of music

  During my holiday in Venice, I had hoped to go to the opera. I’d followed the fortunes of the La Fenice opera house since my teenage days when Italian opera was one of my ruling passions. Sadly, as usual,…