Month: November 2024
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Good Things Friday
It’s that time of the week again, so here are a few good things … Beach days. I swam twice this week. Friday and Saturday were both around 37C. Friday was takeout Friday, and the girls came over, so I waited to go for my swim until S got there. While we went to the…
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Tenderheart Cook #46 and #47
I’m cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Inspired by chana saag This is a really simple curry recipe that uses frozen spinach. The Quick Lowdown: Chana saag (or any leftover curry) fried rice We had this dish the next night, using the leftover chana saag. It was very good and such a clever and…
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Ask Me Anything: Vol 1
Today, I’ll be answering some questions you submitted. When I set up the form, I didn’t include a place for people’s names, so now I don’t know who asked me the questions. I apologise for that. The first question I have no idea who asked it but the next three comes from someone who loves…
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Camino De Santiago: St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Roncesvalles
The day had finally arrived when we would start walking. The weather forecast was for rain with thunderstorms in the afternoon and very strong winds. We did not want to get caught on top of the mountain in a thunderstorm, but there didn’t seem to be much we could do about it except leave early…
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Camino de Santiago: St-Jean-Pied-de-Port
After my week in Paris, G and I travelled south by train to St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to start our Camino de Santiago. We didn’t have the 40 days required to walk all the way from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostella, so we booked the Highlights trip with RAW Travel. We walked the first three days over the Pyrenees,…
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August 2024 Books
It’s nearly the end of November, and I’m just getting around to reviewing the books I read in August. Time Shelter – Georgo Gosdopinov From Goodreads: In Time Shelter, an enigmatic flâneur named Gaustine opens a ‘clinic for the past’ that offers a promising treatment for Alzheimer’s sufferers: each floor reproduces a decade in minute…
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List #14: Return to Running Program
Earlier this year, I got a stress fracture in my foot. It finally healed in July, but I put off a serious return to running until after I’d done the Camino—I did not want to jeopardise our holiday. I feel like the days of strenuous walking while we were away helped build more strength in…
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Good Things Friday
Just a quick list this week: What are some good things in your week so far? I don’t always listen to something when I walk or run, but when I do, it is usually a podcast. Do you listen to something when you walk or run?
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List #13: Some More Things to Do If I Make It Back to Paris
I’ve now been to Paris twice, spending a full week both times. There are so many sites to see, but that must be balanced with time to stroll or sit and soak up the ambience. Not to mention making time to try all.the.food. Here’s my list of all the things that didn’t quite make the…
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Day Trip to Chartres
On my last full day in Paris, before G returned from the UK, I caught the train to Chartres. The main drawcard is the Chartres Cathedral, and its architecture, sculptures, stained glass and labyrinth provide enough reason to make the trip from Paris. The first Cathedral on the site was probably built in the 4th…