Egypt – Day 2 Alexandria

18 January 202620 January 2026Carol Leave a comment

Very busy day today. After an early start we left our hotel to catch the 8.00 am train to Alexandria – Egypt’s’ ‘second capital.’ We travelled first class, very clean and comfortable. The journey north took two and a half hours.

Arriving in Alexandria we transferred to our coach.

Our tour of Alexandria began with a visit to the Roman amphitheatre which was discovered under a pile of rubble.

Back on the coach our journey took us to the catacombs through back roads reminiscent of India.

The catacombs were discovered when a donkey fell down one of the hidden shafts.

There followed a visit to the impressive monolith, Pompey’s Pillar.

Getting hungry now, we had one more visit to make – to the Library of Alexandria, the world’s most famous library of classical antiquity.

Finally, at 4.30pm we went to the restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean for lunch.

After a very welcome ‘lunch’ we were taken to the Hilton Hotel. Our room had a view over the sea.

Egypt – Day 1 Cairo

17 January 202620 January 2026Carol 1 Comment

After a five hour flight from Heathrow we landed in Cairo.

By the time we left the airport it was gettimg dark.

We drove on our coach through the traffic chaos to the Sheraton Hotel, overlooking the Nile.

We have a beautiful room with amazing views.

We had a buffet dinner with our travelling companions – a Great Rail group of 40 like minded people.

Time for bed.

South Africa – Day 16 Goodbye

23 August 202520 January 2026Carol Leave a comment

We were packed and ready to go but had enough time for one last drive. We drove round the bay to Slangkop lighthouse that we could see at the end of ‘our’ beach.

Unfortunately it closed on Saturdays.

We continued along the coast to Scarborough then back in a loop to the villa,

narrowly missing the baboons running down the mountain and across the road.

After a quick lunch we said our goodbyes and set off to the airport.

We had a wonderful holiday and thoroughly enjoyed our stay in South Africa – spending time with family and meeting more members of Kat’s family. The food and wine were delicious, the scenery was breathtaking and seeing all the animals was magical. The guy at check in said, ‘When are you coming back?!’

(I’d love these two but they won’t fit in the overhead locker!)

Ruby Wedding Anniversary

4 May 20254 May 2025Carol 6 Comments

At the end of March we had a great weekend at Crabwall Manor Hotel, Chester, to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. Thanks to daughter, Amy, and son, Matthew, and their families for making it such a lovely weekend.

Looking forward to setting off to Canada on Wednesday for our Great Rail Tour of Canada and Alaska.

Whenever I have WiFi I will post photographs.

I’m back!

18 June 202318 June 2023Carol 4 Comments

My last post featured my beautiful grandson on the day of his birth.

Here he is now

He is nearly 2!

I’m afraid I have neglected my blog over the last couple of years, partly due to Covid and lack of travel opportunities, but also due to me being very poorly and in hospital for 3 months last year.

I’m back now and we’re off on a river cruise along the Danube tomorrow so I may have some photos to share with you all.

Birth Announcement

9 September 202118 June 2023Carol 5 Comments

This is the most exciting post I have written. Daughter, Amy, gave birth to our first grandbaby at 04.23am on 28th August. Due on 8th September, Jaxon Andrew Rogers was obviously in a hurry to meet his family. He weighed in at a healthy 8lbs.