Holiday

Cruisin’ with Mr Covid

21st July 2021 Going Postal 0

Cruising usually gets the eye-roll treatment from Puffinry, but Larry the Cat has an interest, so there. Mrs B and I seized the opportunity for a change of scenery. At certain points in your life [more…]

Postcard from Monmouth

20th July 2021 Going Postal 0

With the prospect of a holiday (foreign or UK) looking increasingly unlikely Mrs Reggie and I decided we would try and fit in a number of day trips to break the tedium of everyday life. [more…]

You want to own your own caravan. Really!

13th July 2021 Phil the Ex Test Manager 0

I am talking about a static caravan, it has wheels, but seldom moves. I am not talking about those mobile camper vans that several Puffins have and look jolly good fun. First thing to say [more…]

Postcard From Kanchanaburi

24th June 2021 Going Postal 0

In the now forgotten days when human beings were still allowed to show their faces and set foot out of the house rather than get fat on furlough, soon to become Universal Basic Income followed [more…]

Another Perfect Weekend

16th June 2021 Going Postal 0

I wrote recently about the perfect weekend I enjoyed with my son when he had to get up North to join the rest of his band to play at the 2017 Workington Festival. Writing it [more…]

Postcard from Romania – Part Four

9th June 2021 SharpieType301 0

Part Three of the Postcard from Romania covered our visits to the indoor and outdoor sections of the terrific Transylvanian Museum of Ethnography (Muzeul Etnografic al Transilvaniei), a jaunt to Satu Mare on the wild [more…]

Postcard from Romania – Part Three

26th May 2021 SharpieType301 0

Part Two of the Postcard from Romania saw me waxing rhapsodic about the Museum of Pharmacy at the Mauksch-Hintz House in Cluj. After a fantastic visit, when we spent hours marvelling at the extraordinary collections, [more…]

Postcard from Romania – Part Two

19th May 2021 SharpieType301 0

Part One of the Postcard from Romania covered our arrival in the beautiful city of Cluj-Napoca, in May of 2018. In writing it, I tried to dispel just a little of the negative impression many [more…]

Return to Puffin Island

17th May 2021 Going Postal 0

As there has already been a postcard from Lundy by Bassman, I am writing this as a complimentary continuation. A few years ago I spent a few days on the island with friends so had [more…]