Wednesday 9 October 2013

Tweeting...how dose it work exactly?

Well, unlike the rest of the world I really haven't got to grips with this twitter business so I'm going to leave my tweets here:

#Indonesia 8.50pm Tuesday 27 August
Searching high and low for a place to bunk down, close to the airport in Jakarta (on-line of course) Well, that's usually the case when one opts for the cheapest flight. No luck matching my criteria yet!

#Planning 9.01pm Wednesday 28 August
Have I or have I not got enough blank pages left, in my 2 year old passport? This needs carefully looking at...

#D-Day 7.31pm Thursday 29 August
4 months and 1 week until departure day. Just for a change I will not be flying via the Middle East, but changing planes in Istanbul. About 3h40 from Heathrow to Istanbul, then about 5 hours across to Kathmandu and hopefully a glimpse of Mt. Everest on the way in.

#Indonesia 10.47pm Sunday 1 September.
Well, booking a flight to Lombok from Jarkarta is proving problematic through Lion Air website, I don't know why yet! As it happens Air Asia have a promo fare tonight and so I booked that instead, but it's to Bali. Plan is to take a public ferry on to Lombok, later.

#Indonesia 10.22pm Wednesday 4th September.
Another Air Asia sale, another booking, this time leaving Bali back to Kuala Lumpur, a 2 hour flight for £44.62! So, after extensive research it seems the best and cheapest way to get around Indonesia's Islands is to start and finish in Bali.

#South Korea 8.31 pm Wednesday 11th September.
£210 return for a 6 3/4 hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to Busan on the southern tip of South Korea next May and June - it's booked! I wonder if I will bump into PSY Gangnam Style again? I hope so.....

#Air Asia Bargain 10.18am Tuesday 17th September.
Another bargain bagged with Air Asia, this time to Phnom Penh. £32 for the 1 1/2 hours flight from Kuala Lumpur, £44 back again a month later.

#D-Day 10.25am Tuesday 17th September.
it is 112 days, 2 hours and 24 minutes to getting on Turkish airways at Heathrow bound for Kathmandu, Nepal.

#Malaysia 20.52 pm Wednesday 9th October.
Just under 3 months and most of the agenda is set, except for 4 weeks mid April to mid May - that's probably going to be a tour of East Coast Malaysia, some remote Islands perhaps, maybe the Jungle Line...keep an eye on the blog!

#Indonesia 18.40 pm Monday 18th November.
Volcanos are erupting across Indonesia, unsurprising since the country is situated along the 'Pacific Rim of Fire'. A re-plan maybe necessary if the eruptions are prolonged and troublesome!


Sunday 25 August 2013

Little Sparrow and a Webb, Norwich, England, August 25th 2013

Clue number 1 leads this weeks treasure quest team to Norwich county hall where clue number 2 was found lurking beneath an old military jet plane called a Jaguar. It's no coincidence that County hall is also the starting location for the annual East Coast Truckers Charity Convoy. Around 100 trucks are host to children who need a break, taking them on a free day out to a local theme park. At exactly 10 AM engines are roaring and horns are blowing as the convoy is lead away with a police escort and crowds lining the streets, waving, cheering the trucks on - a right old din!

Below: Treasure Quest'rs Sophie, Tim and the venerable Wally Webb, lurking to provide assistance in solving clue 2, all in the midst of 100 trucks gathering for the convoy later.

Sophie Little



Under the Jaguar


The Sparrow, Tim







Wally Webb














Tagging behind the convoy...


Wednesday 31 July 2013

Horstead is off the tourist trail, Horstead Mill, Horstead, England.

British countryside tranquility...

In a tranquil spot and over the river Bure are the remnants of what was once a thriving watermill. Nowadays of course, agricultural modernization has made mills such as this one at Horstead, 7 miles north-east of Norwich, somewhat redundant. Back in those bygone days though, there would be the frequent clip-clop of horses hoofs as carts would pull into the yard and dispense their cargo of crops into the mills for grinding into flour which then got transported onward by a specific type of barge known as a 'Wherry'. So, from about 1700 to the early 1900's the place was a hive of activity, seeing Britons through the agricultural revolution and into early mechanization.

Today, walking trails have been created alongside the river where those with enough patience can be seen doing a spot of fishing. Others bring their pets and a few brave souls jump off the old walls into the icy cold water below. This is not a touristy place, infact I doubt a tourist has been here in decades being only accessible by car and not necessarily publicized - And some would say "lets keep it that way".
 




































The mill in a bygones era CLICK HERE