All Entries in the "Outdoors" Category
NL Photos from the Weekend
Friday evening, we rode to Clingendael Park. There is a Japanese garden there that I wanted to see, and that seemed a good enough excuse to get on our bikes. BTW, the light green in the photo is an algae-covered canal. Mr. DJ said he used to call that stuff “frog spit” when he was a [...]
The Punch Bowl in the Valley Gardens, England
In the two plus years we’ve lived in England, we’ve taken a number of walks through Windsor Great Park. Every time we go, I think “this time is lovelier than all the previous times”. The walk we went on a couple of weeks ago was just in time for the big bloom in the “Punch [...]
Kew Gardens, England (Part II)
Continuing our tour of Kew… Part I can be found here. This beautiful home was built in 1631 for Samuel Fortrey, a rich merchant. The royal family leased the house in 1728, and used it as a family retreat during the time of King George III. Today, you can tour this home. I’d like to go [...]
Kew Garden, England (Part I)
On Tuesday, my good friend S and I visited the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This year, the garden is celebrating its 250th birthday! The garden is huge: 121 hectares or 300 acres. We were there for three hours and probably saw less than half of it. And we were being [...]
First Spring walk through the woods
We took a walk in Windsor Great Park on Sunday. It was a little cool, and there wasn’t much in bloom yet (only a few daffodils). Still, we had two lovely hours in the fresh air and sunshine. As soon as we got into the car, however, it started to sprinkle. And as soon as [...]
Time Out Country Walk #24: Cookham (Round Walk)
Ah, a photo-heavy post. You’ll excuse me while I indulge in one. You see, I haven’t posted a lot of photos lately as I’ve been a little burned out with my camera. But this beautiful walk deserves these photos. I took 223 pictures yesterday and narrowed down my selection quite a bit as you can [...]
Time Out Country Walk 14: Gomshall to Guildford
Two Sundays ago, Mr. DJ wanted to go for a walk. When Mr. DJ says go for a walk, he means a long country walk that lasts at least four hours. Unfortunately, Roxi had not started her homework, so she and I had to stay home. However, Trudy was happy to volunteer to go and [...]
We went for a walk on Saturday
One of the things we have learned in our time here is that if we are blessed with a sunny day, we must take advantage of it no matter what! Saturday was a beautiful, mild Spring day. After being cooped up for so long, a country walk was definitely in order. The only question was–where? [...]
Aiguille du Midi and the Château in the middle of nowhere
Well, finally, we come to the end of our trip to France last August. . We woke up at 5:30 am to get ready for the first lift on our last day in Chamonix. Unfortunately, when we got there, they had cancelled the early lift because of bad weather. No problem, we had breakfast at [...]
Tramway du Mont Blanc, France
We had a couple of rainy days during our stay in the Chamonix area. On one of those days, we decided to take a train up the mountain to Nid D’Aigle. We figured we’d be inside the train most of the time, so we wouldn’t have to worry about getting too wet. The Tramway du [...]
