We made the right decision to take the funicular railway up to the high point of the castle first thing whilst the sun was shining and the sky was blue and we were rewarded with stunning views of mountains to the north, east and south and the rooftops of the city to the west. TheContinue reading “A day in Salzburg – The Sound of (water) Music Tour”
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Run Rabbit Run
The latest message from Wales: Billy’s sickie now a thing of the past. Daisy still v busy doing nothing although seemingly driven by hectic schedule. Team psycho still diagnosing dodgy attention span. Oh well. Great news. The motivational video worked. 1900hrs and resident staff having dinner … Billy appears in training room with catch ofContinue reading “Run Rabbit Run”
Billy takes a sickie
Er … yes, about the Q&A session. Daisy’s 1st Q was: “where are we and what are we doing here?” Explained that Captain Cuthbert and Midshipperson Mo were off on the high seas. She and Billy were here to help us deal with the glut of rabbits in our fields. But … training came first.Continue reading “Billy takes a sickie”
Konstanz to Salzburg
What a difference a day makes! We were woken by the torrential rain and it was not about to let up and with the rain came a significant temperature drop. We wanted to stay in bed but Salzburg was beckoning. Fiona had trouble with the first part of our journey as it involved a ferryContinue reading “Konstanz to Salzburg”
St Amarin to Konstanz
Fiona excelled herself and we have made her a permanent member of the team, but only on the understanding that her proposals are vetted before we set off and she does a bit more training with postcodes, not her strength, but we can’t be good at everything. She usually puts forward three options for theContinue reading “St Amarin to Konstanz”
Chalons en Champagne to St Amarin
We left the champagne region with a few bottles on board and headed to Alsace, but rather than revisit the Colmar area we headed up into the mountains and stayed in a very rustic auberge high above the village of St Amarin, just north of Mulhouse. The drive across beautiful rural France was a delight.Continue reading “Chalons en Champagne to St Amarin”
To Dover, then on to Chalons en Champagne
An early start on a cold grey November, no sorry, May morning, with a ferry to catch from Dover at 1015. Alas it was not meant to be and we found ourselves gridlocked on the M26 just behind a blazing lorry full of burning bananas. We kid you not – the M26 was closed andContinue reading “To Dover, then on to Chalons en Champagne”
Rabbit catching training session does not go to plan
Dick reported Billy 1, Daisy 2 in the mouse catching league but was clearly disappointed with a nil score on rabbits. Nigel urged Dick to praise them for their efforts to date and suggested a big game training programme, ie to catch rabbits. Dick decided on a team training session and recently sent the followingContinue reading “Rabbit catching training session does not go to plan”
Billy and Daisy go to Pembrokeshire
What a journey! Daisy morphed out of her cat basket at the end of our road. We had to go back home, get cable ties and seal her in the basket much more securely. Daisy, aged 6, is not known for making any noise, in fact, we had barely heard her speak before this journey.Continue reading “Billy and Daisy go to Pembrokeshire”
Hello!
Welcome to our sailing world. We set off in May this year returning at the end of July. During this time we travelled over 1300 sea miles from Croatia down to Corfu and Paxos and back, via Montenegro and Albania. It was a great trip. Having spent August back in the UK, taming the gardenContinue reading “Hello!”
Deja Vu 