The Cornish Wanderer

If you got to this post early you might have seen it without its photos. In my excitement I hit the publish button in error. My apologies. Here’s how it should look… Weather. I once loved the Wainwright quote of “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just unsuitable clothing.” Now I think he had […]

In which the Wanderers get very chilly, visit some remarkable old stuff, and eat the best kebabs known to man. But first, some television. Television. As a teenager I made some pretty unusual decisions. And stuck with them*. At age 16 I decided that I was never going to watch television again. The decision remains […]

Back on the road. The next adventure begins. Greece in deepest winter – surely it won’t be cold? Lefkada showed us its best and worst for our last days there. We spent a gloriously warm and sunny Sunday ambling down to Sivota for a last look before packing up much of our stuff in the […]

Arriving on Lefkada. It has been nearly two months since we arrived on Lefkada. We first rattled over the metal bridge back in early November. The crazy floating bridge onto this beautiful island that was to become our temporary home. Things that challenge you at first often become commonplace. We were scared by the gradients. […]

In the last episode you may recall we confessed to scrumping oranges, and loving them, whole and juiced. The fresh juice is delicious, utterly different to anything from a carton, and Minty wanted more. We’re a bit too conscientious to go on another raid and so we headed to Lefkas for the Saturday morning fruit […]

New Year. New Goals. I like reading inspirational stuff. Who doesn’t? Because of the nature of much of my online reading I get lots of emails at this time of the year offering “Breakthrough ideas” that will help me achieve my goals for next year. Well, for years my goals were two fold. One: Run […]