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'We were going to change everything, of course, but mostly we were going to change the rules.'

Mar 6
4 min

'We were going to change everything, of course, but mostly we were going to change the rules.'

22 January 2022 There is still some confusion about my flight home and I've been onto Qantas by phone for hours; it's been a futile...

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'I was overwhelmed by a shock of breathless delight at the originality and beauty of the interior.'

Janette Frawley

Feb 16
5 min

'I was overwhelmed by a shock of breathless delight at the originality and beauty of the interior.'

21 January 2022 My time in London is coming to an end and despite getting a short reprieve of one day due to a cancelled flight, I must...

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'Tea. Both soothing and uplifting, a salve and a sharpener, the morning jolt and the evening's end.'

Janette Frawley

Feb 10
4 min

'Tea. Both soothing and uplifting, a salve and a sharpener, the morning jolt and the evening's end.'

20 January 2022 The Number 63 bus is almost my best friend! I'm sure I haven't had to wait for any longer for five minutes for it to...

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'There is a wonderfully exquisite/uber-kitsch Egyptian escalator at the centre of the building.'

Janette Frawley

Feb 6
5 min

'There is a wonderfully exquisite/uber-kitsch Egyptian escalator at the centre of the building.'

19 January 2022 What a wonderful trip this has been! It has been made sweeter because I've finally been able to shake off the shackles of...

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'Many times man lives and dies between his two eternities; that of race and that of soul.'

Janette Frawley

Feb 3
4 min

'Many times man lives and dies between his two eternities; that of race and that of soul.'

16 January 2022 Today is yet another beautiful, clear Irish Winter's day and I have four hours to drive from Kilkee to Newgrange, the...

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'There are no strangers here, only friends you haven't yet met.'

Janette Frawley

Jan 29
5 min

'There are no strangers here, only friends you haven't yet met.'

13 January 2022 Ireland is a magical, mystical place. It has a long, diverse, and troubled history, yet the people here are like no other...

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'I went to Cork and stood on the dock some of my ancestors left from. I felt their ghosts...'

Janette Frawley

Jan 28
5 min

'I went to Cork and stood on the dock some of my ancestors left from. I felt their ghosts...'

11 January 2022 On a whim, I decide to travel to Ireland since most restrictions have been lifted. Fares on Ryanair are cheap. It’s the...

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'Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey.'

Janette Frawley

Jan 27
6 min

'Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey.'

8 January 2022 The magical Winter-wonderland landscape has disappeared and is replaced with lush green partitioned pastures on this...

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'I chose this valley, said the tree to the wall; stretching my roots under your scored foundations.'

Janette Frawley

Jan 20
3 min

'I chose this valley, said the tree to the wall; stretching my roots under your scored foundations.'

7 January 2022 Within an hour of leaving sunny Whitby, big splodges of soft ice splatter the windscreen. Minutes later the soft sleet...

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'I want to flit my eyes like skipping feet over red-top tiny crooked houses, down tiny crooked lanes

Janette Frawley

Jan 17
4 min

'I want to flit my eyes like skipping feet over red-top tiny crooked houses, down tiny crooked lanes

Is it cheating to drive to the Whitby Abbey carpark? Not the way we have planned our day. We DID drive up to the Abbey carpark. But the...

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'I love the drive from York to Whitby over the moors - one of the great journeys, in my book.'

Janette Frawley

Jan 16
4 min

'I love the drive from York to Whitby over the moors - one of the great journeys, in my book.'

Have you ever travelled to a place with great expectations and then felt a sense of disappointment when you arrived? This is how I feel...

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'Travel far and wide and you should possess the secrets of man'

Janette Frawley

Jan 13
2 min

'Travel far and wide and you should possess the secrets of man'

3 January 2022 Great excitement today as we board a train for York. Despite only being able to secure 'backward' seats, somehow it...

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Janette Frawley

Jan 11
5 min

'Nothing ventured, nothing gained'

30 December 2021 The train speeds through the Kent countryside; strange round-shaped buildings litter the countryside and pique my...

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Janette Frawley

Jan 9
2 min

Happy New Year

31 December, 2021 Tonight, New Year’s Eve, we climb Dawson’s Hill not far from Natasha’s home. She assures me that from this vantage...

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Janette Frawley

Jan 1
3 min

Fairy lights on Winter nights

29 December 2021 I don't mind admitting that we had a fairly lazy day today. I ventured out alone; a set of directions saved to my phone...

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Janette Frawley

Jan 1
4 min

'The Thames is liquid history'

27 December 2021 Managing to make a perfect connection between bus and train, we arrive at the historic London Bridge station in record...

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'We all have a dinosaur within us just trying to get out.'

Janette Frawley

Dec 31, 2021
3 min

'We all have a dinosaur within us just trying to get out.'

26 December 2021 Just a short bus ride away is Crystal Palace Park, a huge park that is famous for more than being the home of the...

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Janette Frawley

Dec 29, 2021
3 min

Merry Christmas

25 December 2021 We procrastinate. Do we prepare lunch or an early dinner? It's Christmas Day but somehow I'm not fazed about whether we...

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Janette Frawley

Dec 28, 2021
2 min

Out at last!

24 December 2021 The negative result of my PCR test arrived last night, which means that my forty-eight hours of isolation have...

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Janette Frawley

Dec 27, 2021
2 min

Arrived - safe and sound....

There isn't much one can say about a flight that lasts more than seventeen hours. COVID has changed the face of world travel and I am...

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THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY

A road journey from LOS ANGELES to CARMEL

DECEMBER 27, 2012 - JANUARY 3, 2013

THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY

A road journey from LOS ANGELES to CARMEL

DECEMBER 27, 2012 - JANUARY 3, 2013

'We were going to change everything, of course, but mostly we were going to change the rules.'

'I was overwhelmed by a shock of breathless delight at the originality and beauty of the interior.'

'Tea. Both soothing and uplifting, a salve and a sharpener, the morning jolt and the evening's end.'

'There is a wonderfully exquisite/uber-kitsch Egyptian escalator at the centre of the building.'

'Many times man lives and dies between his two eternities; that of race and that of soul.'

'There are no strangers here, only friends you haven't yet met.'

'I went to Cork and stood on the dock some of my ancestors left from. I felt their ghosts...'

'Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey.'

'I chose this valley, said the tree to the wall; stretching my roots under your scored foundations.'

'I want to flit my eyes like skipping feet over red-top tiny crooked houses, down tiny crooked lanes

'I love the drive from York to Whitby over the moors - one of the great journeys, in my book.'

'Travel far and wide and you should possess the secrets of man'

'Nothing ventured, nothing gained'

Happy New Year

Fairy lights on Winter nights

'The Thames is liquid history'

'We all have a dinosaur within us just trying to get out.'

Merry Christmas

Out at last!

Arrived - safe and sound....