Up, up, and along a bit...
...then down
…to an extended ‘what we did on our holidays’. Like we’re eight or something. We wish. Anyway, starting below at our final days in Sri Lanka and working backwards to Vietnam 2023, a day-by-day of our womblings since my departure from the world stage. Or pick a destination any destination via ‘Away’ above. Thrills, spills and a pic or several. Useful info? Yer ‘avin’ a larf incha?
The last day before we fly away, and back to the realities of a London winter.
Sadly I can’t but start by disposing of an unfortunate finale. And it all started so promisingly!
Jens...
Nothing prepares you for Pompei. I don’t think I’m alone in having set off in almost a dutiful frame of mind. I mean, you’re here, it’s just up the road, realistically...
Well, we’ve hit Naples, and Naples has hit us, right between the eyes. Especially after three some weeks mostly in the sticks, it is just so full on. In a good way, but crazy....
That’s it folks! Or very nearly.
Our plans to explore further south, flying back on the tenth, have been sunk by a forecast that basically assumes incessant rain between now and...
Leaving lovely Gaete behind, we hit the coast road, which wasn’t as bad as we’d feared. No terrifying tunnels, and being a Sunday, little or no goods traffic. After an hour...






