Mont Clare

When all the stars align, it is not a good idea to ignore the impulse-Right? Well, that is where we were at. It seemed like all things were falling into place to make this adventure happen. Cheryl-40 years old- leaving her job of 16 years as a ...

... English lads who we then did the Yangtze cruise with. Also was in the hostel in Chengdu and bumped into a lad I worke with in the Mont Clare hotel in Dublin about 6 years ago. Small world. The cruise was great craic. Had a few good sessions on the boat ...

... as each other.  It was an old friend, Noel, who used to work with me back in the halycon daze behind the bar in the Mont Clare in Dublin.  He had been on the road for nearly three years and was on the final leg before flying home.  I had ...

... al spere che al so business al cressedi simpri di plui. I conti un poc de me esperience in Australie, e lui mi dis une robe clare e sclete: Eh, dal friul, une volte e scjampavin i bras, cumo e scjampin i zurviei. Pal futur, i plasares torna in friul, ...

Val D'isere and Delhi are worlds apart....to make matters even more surreal we meet up with Sarah and Martin (Clare's folks}, Alan and Andrew (Martin's uni buddies}, Memma and Bill (Mark's folks} and Gina and Eric {Mark's sister and cousin}. It was really ...

... thieves! Handed over my pedals for them to put on when they do a final service and I'll collect it on Monday. Was meeting Clare at lunchtime so just had time to book bus ticket to Wellington and ferry ticket across to the south island. New Zealand is ...

An early morning start today - at Paddington Station by 4:30 and caught the Heathrow Express at 5:10 to the airport.  Check in was a dawdle but the marathon walk to my gate at Heathrow was exhausting!  At one point, they have signs indicating ...

It is a long way from anywhere to Perth. The flight from Melbourne took over 4 hours. Reflecting the dryness of most of the land we traveled over, there were few clouds in the sky. Joan took advantage of this to take some unusual photos. Western ...