Home to Lanzarote
We booked our holiday to the H10 Rubicón Palace in Montaña Roja (near Playa Blanca) with Thomas Cook. The flight departed nearly an hour late so we didn’t have quite so much time as we had expected at the hotel on the first day.
Venice to home
We were up at the usual time of about 8am. We had our breakfast at the hotel and went for a brief walk in the sunshine before catching the number 15 bus back to the airport. Our flight took off about half an hour late at roughly 12:30pm. However, we made up time on the…
Venice day 3
Today started with the same routine as Friday. Once in Venice we got the ferry down to St Mark’s, changing boat to carry on to Arsenale. There we went to the naval museum shipyard (the main museum being closed for works). We looked around the various boats and then got the ferry back up to…
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Native WordPress gallery test 1 Native WordPress gallery test 2 Test using galleria.io code directly Putting gallery shortcode inside the galleria div doesn’t work. Probably to do with when the shortcodes are processed. See: Galleria in WordPress Also see: Beginner’s guide And: options galleria.io options: thumbnails: true|false|”empty”|”numbers”|”lazy” responsive: true|false carousel: true|false height: in pixels (e.g.…
Venice day 2
Despite being an hour ahead of GMT we were up reasonably early and had breakfast at the hotel. There was a pretty decent spread of cereals, fruit, bacon, egg and pastries. We caught the 4L bus from just outside the hotel. The bus was included in our travel passes, so cheaper than the train and…
Home to Venice
We left home just after 9am and drove to the short stay parking in Ady’s car. Note for next time: SSP on the signs means short stay parking. MAG is meet and great (not Manchester airports group!). We only had hand luggage so went straight to security and were soon in departures. Our Easyjet flight…
Scotland day 8
We went for a last walk around the bay with the dogs before heading off for home. We stopped at Westmorland Services to pick up some lunch and other supplies. The run home was fine and we made good time. Everything in the garden has survived the week, with thanks to our friends up the…
Scotland day 7
We walked from the cottage along the coast and through the woods to the north. This time we found the gravestone with skull and crossbones in the graveyard at the derelict Senwick Church. We had a break on Senwick Bay beach and had our lunch on Goat Well Bay beach. We made it as far…
Scotland day 6
We took a drive to the Mull of Galloway, which is the most southerly point in Scotland. The journey was a but tedious with all the lorries heading to Stranraer along the A75 limited to 40mph. It was worth it once we got to the Mull. There is one of Stephenson’s lighthouses and an RSPB…
Scotland day 5
It rained. All day. We took the dogs out for a brief walk along the road and all got wet. We decided to head out for tea. We tried the Borgue Hotel – resistance was not required and it turned out to be futile – the pub behind the hotel was closed. We decided to…