Oh, they definitely have horses (or donkeys) and carriages too for those who prefer a more sedate ride — I saw plenty of those when we were there. You'll love it when you do get there, I know. :D Glad to know you're back home in Wales — take care and stay safe. Thank you Courtenay, warm wishes for ...

I'm starting in on H V Morton's wonderful travel books, written mainly in the 1930's - 1950's they are wonderfully descriptive and still make great travel guides. In no particular order they include In Search of England , Scotland and Wales, followed by Through Lands of the Bible , In the Steps of ...

Looking forward to it already :D , "the rose-red city half as old as time" has been on my wish list for some time!, its really good to hear you enjoyed your visit. We've hung on to our Jordanian dinars, no point changing them back meanwhile. Oh yes, it's incredibly beautiful and fascinati...

we take the attitude of "live to rebook another day" and I've wanted to see Petra for a long time now Ooh, I've been there! You'll love it when you do get to go — it's well worth waiting for. :D :D :D Looking forward to it already :D , "the rose-red city half as old as time" has...

Sorry to hear about your canx hols too, Courtenay, but as you say that's the way it is for now, we take the attitude of "live to rebook another day" and I've wanted to see Petra for a long time now, its a short season there so next winter will do nicely. I've been bumped off flights befor...

Gosh, who knew? I'd previously read that violent sneezing was a symptom of plague so one's horrified friends would say "God bless you" presumably meaning "God help you". I avoid walking under ladders, toss spilt salt over my (L) shoulder and prefer to stay indoors on Fri 13ths, ...

It's got to be good tea - because we live out in the boondocks I usually have an interesting "tea library" of different brands and flavours, but in for the long haul I'd have to vote for stock piling Yorkshire Gold teabags. We had a look at arranging a home delivery from Tesco, our usual ...

Gradually heading westward on our journey home from Gatwick following a last-minute cancelled holiday and have reached Ludlow - we've never seen the roads and towns we've passed through so empty. We had an amusing email from a friend in the States stating he's sitting on his porch rocking chair wit...

Don't go messing around on any strange mountains out there in Wales, look you, whateffer, to gootness!! :D :wink: We're fortunate to have the beautiful Preselli's, a stone's throw away, so plenty of opportunity to "climb every (strange?) hill" :wink: , recently discovered Castell Henlys, ...

We've practically been hauled off an aircraft to Jordan, regulations changed suddenly, so making the most of the journey home at leisure whilst things are still functioning normally, before battening down the hatches in West Wales - I anticipate reams of posts to the EBS to come... :wink: ! Stay sa...

Just completing Jeanette Winterson's The Gap of Time , (a modern take on Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale ), which is the text for the local book discussion group next Monday evening. It is immensely readable, very engaging, but the story is quite "heavy", abandonment, jealousy, loss and rev...