Month: June 2018

It’s not all gravy

Europe!  Y’know – that big place that the UK are running away from…. When I tell people we are living on our boat in The NL, travelling to embrace the culture, meet the people, attempt to understand the language and…

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A tour of Two Cities

As a complete contrast to our previous rural existence, we’ve spent some time in Amsterdam (OK, only one afternoon) and Utrecht (3 days). In Amsterdam,birds are very keen on their food. This Heron was hanging around outside an Italian restaurant,…

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Mars, anyone?

It’s often said, in reply to doom-laden( or sensible – depending on your life position) predictions about our future on Planet Earth, that we can and will decamp elsewhere anyway, so it doesn’t matter. Make hay while the sun shines…

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