Archive for May 1st, 2010

Old Banger

01May10

No sooner was I back from Germany than we were visiting friends in the Wye Valley along the border between England and Wales.  The area around our friends’ house is criss-crossed with footpaths and other trails.  Walking along one of these we saw this sad old car in ‘fixer upper’ condition in a small barn. […]


Rus in Urbe

01May10

This is a belated post as I have been travelling without much chance to get on line. Rus in urbe – the country in the city, as the Romans used to say – definitely applies to the centre of Paderborn.  The paths round the river and lakes can sometimes seem quite wild. This arcing shape […]