Mussel point Each day HF Holidays offers three hikes. Today's were 6 miles, 9 miles, 11 miles, each along the Cornish coast, but dropping down to the coast at different points. I took the middle distance hike. As we hiked out of St. Ives to an inland path, I got
Mazey Day At the end of a very long day yesterday, I climbed a steep hill to my AirBnB (got lost and bothered and called the Air BnB host to get re-combobulated). Then climbed many stairs with my three heavy bags--around 10 pm. My reward--the view from my window of Penzance harbour
Brutalism at the Barbican After I finished a punchlist relating to the sovereign bonds project (essentially passing a list of tasks on to OG to deal with while I'm gone), Rachael and I cycled to the Barbican to see a very large exhibit of post-war modernist art in Britain. A lot of
London Life, part two Wednesday I went to the office and caught up with a lot of people, including my successor at Climate Action 100+. In the afternoon, a group of us went to an exhibit on the Bank of England's role in slavery. It was very interesting, and I think a
London life Monday 20 June I got up at 4:30, took a cab to the airport and flew to London, where I got the light rail to east London. I walked 10 minutes and arrived just in time for the 9:10 a.m. start of an all day conference. What
Work in progress The week before I left town for London + Cornwall, I undertook a new gardening project. My friend Valerie came over to consult on whether I should buy a pair of urns and a bench at Ross Auctions for the back of the garden. While she was there, I commented on
Stevie the hedgehog In the Tuesday competition, I had a very good round, with the result that my handicap was cut a full point. I'm down to 33.7, or 10 points down from a year ago. I also had a massage on Tuesday and I think that is the reason
Week in review Tuesday, weekly golf competition, did OK--points in the mid-30s under Stableford system. Friday was Lady Captains Day--played about the same. My handicap fell a half point after each round. Friday night was Lady Captain's dinner. Here we all were before dinner. Saturday I went to Wilson's
From tea to tee The irises are now in the front garden--not fun digging each hole as I need to go down 10-12 inces to the landscape fabric level and cut a hole in it for each iris. Cow parsley also planted. The poppies not in yet as I'm dithering on where
Platinum Party at the Palace Saturday morning--dog walking at Stormont. Followed by a long walk with my friend Marek at Cairnwoods. I think my big accomplishment of the afternoon was moving summer and winter clothes around. An annoying biannual ritual. At 6pm and 10pm I visited a neighbour's dogs to let them out.
Edenmore Friday I played golf at a course near Moira called Edenmore. It's a very long course with open fairways (good) and slopey greens (bad). Above all, it was beautifull, surrounded by farms. My course is a city course, surrounded by housing, so a different vibe. The club house
The elusive poppy Today is the beginning of a four day weekend--a bank holiday with a bonus day off to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee--70 years on the throne. The day began at 6 am with a long walk for Paddy. At 8 am I was on the road to Carryduff
How does your garden grow? This post is mainly for mom. I try to keep her on top of all matters of importance, like what is blooming in my garden. First I need to share the latest addition to my kitchen: The end of my counter has always been a bit sloppy--too many bits and
Picturesque pup When I'm bored at work--often--I take a minute to photograph my gorgeous dog, who often is imploring me to throw his ball. Or lounging in the spot I thought would be my favourite nook in the house. He came in one day with a forget me not on
Donaghadee Match Ever since I recovered from Covid, I have spent much of my spare time either playing golf or practicing at the driving range to prepare for inter-club team match play. Tuesday of this week was the regular ladies competition at Shandon--I didn't do well. Then Thursday was the
Love where you live Saturday was my fourth round of golf since Monday and it was a killer--4.5 hours on a very long, hilly course with lots of bunkers. I was playing at Donaghadee with a neighbour. We are both vying for a place on the Challenge Cup team. I thought we were
Good golf As I mentioned, I won Monday's round, I think partly because it was a holiday and there weren't many entries. I took Tuesday off work to recover my equilibrium from the long weekend. I played in the weekly competition at 4pm on Tuesday and scored enough
Surprise!!! Sunday I got Paddy out for a very early walk, then met a fellow Shandon golfer at the golf club at 9:30 a.m. We drove to a neighbourhood near the marathon route then waited about 45 minutes until the two runners on our two relay teams appeared. On
Ireland v Scotland We'll get to that (the six nations women's rugby final). This is the first of two posts about a marathon weekend--in more than one sense. Monday is a bank holiday so this post is Fri-Sat. Next will be Sun-Mon. I'm glad we got that
Sixty, the new 40 What can I say, I don't feel 60. I should qualify that--my knees feel at least 60. But the rest of me hasn't bought into this entering a new decade concept. I took the day off and went for a hike with three neighbours. Valerie drove
Golf golf more golf Thursday April 21 I suddenly felt better after a week of mainly lethargy. I celebrated by going to a driving range and hitting balls. Friday I tested myself and I was negative. I celebrated by playing 12 holes before work--David walked Paddy. Saturday I did a bunch of chores then
A hopping Easter Only in a very literal sense--I have had ups and downs. I felt a bit brighter on Saturday, and maybe did a bit too much--mainly mowing and weeding. Followed by making a difficult lasagna (Liza Tarbuck was on so I wanted to cook while listening to her, but the strength
My turn Tuesday was Pretty in Pink day--our weekly golf competition doubled as a fundraiser for breast cancer. I played with Ali and Paula (on the right). Paula is my golf coach's wife and it is interesting to watch her play because she does everything I'm supposed to
Lockdown legacy On my phone there's a Google feature showing me photos I took a year ago, two years ago, five years ago. The ones that popped up today documented my highly productive Early Lockdown period. Here's two years ago: I stripped painted wallpaper off the two-story wall
Wapping On my last day in London, I went for a great run around Wapping. I didn't have time to go back with a camera to capture what I saw. Wapping is a former docklands full of warehouses converted into housing. I passed Tobacco Docks, Cashmere Quay, and other