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So dear reader, a week on and still here and surviving. I have
been on the road quite a bit, pictures to follow but it
certainly is one big country, and yes the travel appetite has
been whetted, although I feel confident our editor will accept
articles from wherever …you will won’t you? Huh?? The visit to my nieces was a great success, and the eldest, now 23 summers on the planet indicated it has been 13 years since she last saw Uncle Hedgehog as she calls me, (something to do with the haircut) ….will it be another 13? Hell no! We have a plan afoot to get all the “kids” that is five cousins, two in England, two here in the States, and one in British Columbia, together in my native Scotland next May if at all possible, my eldest sister in Canada has been emailed accordingly. ….Your challenge should you wish to accept it…. The estate (if we can call it that) where sister and her husband live has quite a bit of ground allocated to each house, evidently a ruling made when the buildings first went up. Accordingly the wildlife, especially the birdlife, prospers. I just wish I had my long lens with me.
Note to self; don’t leave home without 600mm of telephoto fun.
And last night, as brother in law and I sat outside cooling down after a day of intense humidity, a procession of toads hopped past …all dressed up and seemingly no-where to go! Toad Hall perhaps? If anyone is interested, the humidity is an issue, for me at least, and very different heat from Fuerteventura. Of course as the week progresses the heat builds, thus forecasters are predicting further electrical torment, with the district still recovering from last week’s climatic adversity, as one local press offering put it, One Hail of A Storm… ! Tonight I am going to Sanity, a group of friends whom meet every Wednesday just to shoot the breeze, last week I was the only male member, so tonight who knows?? But one tip dear reader, if you ever happen across a Starbucks in the U.S Of A, don’t ask for a large coffee…I did and was presented with something approaching a litre of the stuff. Yup, everything is bigger in Texas!
The final Nervous Traveller is coming your way next week. Only
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