Our base at Cooloola Cove gave us ample opportunities to visit other places of interest around the sunshine coast.  Maryborough got a very brief mention in the last blog but it is worthy of a more detailed narrative as it has an interesting history.  However our first city visit was to a place called Gympie,…

When we were planning this trip back in April/May last year we had told ourselves that we really needed a few days on the coast.   The Sunshine Coast north of Brisbane was our favoured location.  The trouble is we only like beaches like this one:   The deserted beach at Dunrownan near Hervey Bay….

It is January 2019 and this is becoming a habit, leaving  a miserable UK winter for what is becoming an annual tradition for us, escape to the sun in Australia. This trip is no different, an extended tour ending up in Melbourne with friends and family. So after spending over 21 hours on 2 aircraft…

Many of us have happy memories of places shared and enjoyed with parents, relatives and friends that can bring laughter and joy as well as sadness and whistfullness in remembrance. For me one place that brings back happy memories of time spent with my parents are the Malvern Hills.  They lived about 25 minutes drive,…

You may be forgiven for thinking that going from Vienna to Whitby is a bit of a come down.  Not a bit of it! Each have their own highlights but Whitby has a charm that only an English seaside town with a fishing harbour and historic abbey ruins can have; oh, and reputedly the best…

The morning after the night before.  No we did not have hang-overs, but whilst we were at A&E having Lyn’s ankle checked, the rest of the cycling group enjoyed a last evening meal together in a local restaurant. We all met up at breakfast time in the hotel and had a final chat with Andre.  Some…

Part 1 of this blog described our trip from Passau, an overnight stop in Schlogen and onwards into Linz.  This blog will cover the remaining 3 stages towards Vienna. The riverside cycle path was a short walk from our hotel and the following morning after a good breakfast we were back on the trail heading…

“I Want To Ride My Bicycle, I want to ride my Bike.”  So sang Freddie Mercury and Queen in 1978.  For us, cycling is a fairly recent pleasure and we have been keen to experience a point to point cycling holiday. Step forward a small cycling holiday company in Germany named Mercurio, recommended to us…

One of our favourite areas for walking in the UK is the Yorkshire Dales.  We had planned two walks with friends on our last visit in July, namely Ingleborough and Whernside, two of the Yorkshire Three Peaks. Ingleborough is in the south-western corner of the Yorkshire Dales, at the highest point of a triangle of…

The last week or so has seen celebration and commemoration to mark the 100th Anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1st Apr 1918. As part of the RAF100 programme, the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) held at RAF Fairford joined in those celebrations with ground and air displays reflecting on the…