The Old Candle Factory

At last I have got the old Woodie running, after several years sheltering in a shed. I took Oli and Phoebe for a drive.... wonderful.

Watch this space .... AnTiki website

See the website for details.... HERE. It's a  wonderful island with  the warm easterly winds bringing exotic smells from Casablanca. Currently reading THIS

This extraordinary race is well under way, with 4 balloons still flying towards Romania and the Swiss team having landed on the beach of the Black Sea after nearly 60 hours in a wicker basket. Their blog is HERE Some of my pictures from the launch are  HERE. The main Gordon Bennett site is  HERE.   and live tracking is HERE.

In the ground around Sydney Harbour you will find circular bronze plaques with wise words quoted from learned writers like Anthony Trollope.     (Click on any image for a larger version.) What was his name?  Trollope? But it is to him that we attribute the traditional British red pillar box,  so he can't be all bad.

The group of people pictured below got together in Australia and pooled their skills and talents and humour and shared some extraordinary experiences. That delicious 'end of term' feeling fills all our hearts as we go our separate ways in the certain knowledge we will meet again. I found the picture HERE with story.