Monday 23 November 2015

Himalayan Odyssey November 2015

Here are a selection from our photos!


Nanda Devi: India's highest peak


Breakfast




our hosts making chapattis




Lammergeier!!

our luggage being transported for us



Young girl porters in flip flops!

Oldies on same path with proper boots and walking sticks!

Our highest point with frost on the ground when we woke

Chai at sunset



Decorating for Divali



Friday 25 September 2015

Grandpa starts to tackle the junk in the garage!

Grandpa is trying to sort the stuff in the garage but it is proving an uphill task. Here are a few samples!
Anyone need a screw...if you'll pardon the expression!




might come in useful ....one day

ditto

or looking for that extra electrical something

Thursday 23 April 2015

Saturday 7 March 2015

Post cards from Spain

Here are a few photos to show the variety of out trip:

One of our walks and an unidentified butterfly


relaxing Iberian pigs

One of the sights in Seville

Examples of Roman mosaics


This was one of 30 bird species illustrated

Stork nests seem quite common

Monday 26 January 2015

Final stages of kitchen work

To-day the cooker was connected and we are getting nearer the end.

Splash back still to come...if we can decide what colour
new big drawers and new sink

utility area

new high cupbiards in utility area

Sunday 18 January 2015

More from the Pigsty

bathroom showing unusal window screen


Bedroom showing window scree open and closed

spring is coming!

Granny  3 stories up in an old pulpit

Ear trumpets which one vicar's wife had set up so that she could hear her husband's sermons

Whitby Abbey

a couple of our walks
along the disused railway track