Wandering around the city of Rabat

We’re staying in the Ocean Quarter, which although isn’t the most salubrious part of town, we’re close to most things, including the local fruit, veg and fish markets. Our apartment is tucked away down one of the many back streets, it’s very quiet, has a really nice vibe about the place and a wonderful terrace.Continue reading “Wandering around the city of Rabat”

Time to leave the UK. We’re off to Morocco

It’s was the last visit to Huntingdon to bid farewell to our parents, the last time we spent this amount of time with our parents, we were kids and testing times aside it’s been really nice immersing ourselves in their lives again. We’ve both enjoyed marching along the river Ouse and rambling through the countrysideContinue reading “Time to leave the UK. We’re off to Morocco”

Enjoying the English Summer

After spending the last week for a while with my parents, I’ve been mainly photographing and cataloging my dad’s paintings. for a project I’m working on, I’ll hopefully post a link to it n my next blog. We left Huntingdon and headed across to Braintree, for what was to be another fun weekend with JonContinue reading “Enjoying the English Summer”

A family weekend in the West Country

We started the week at my brothers place as I had a few personal things to take care of, then we headed back up to my parents. Although we’ve still got some medical things to take care of for dad, we’re getting there, with putting things in place to make life a little easier forContinue reading “A family weekend in the West Country”

Time with the folks and more fun with good friends.

Wow! it’s nearly 3 weeks since we arrived back in the UK and that time has really raced by. We’ve split our time between my parents, (which works well for Rach as her folks aren’t far away) & my brothers house further south. When we first arrived the weather was a bit hit and missContinue reading “Time with the folks and more fun with good friends.”

Our final week in Turkey, back to the UK for a while

Our 3 Months are up in Turkey and as this is was our last week. We’d decided to take it easy and leave a few things to do when we return, Yep we’ve decided that we’re going to return in September although we’re not sure for how long. I’m loving our little daily routine ofContinue reading “Our final week in Turkey, back to the UK for a while”

Friends in town – A boat trip, an ancient city & good food

We’ve had guests staying for the week, which has been great fun. Rachel & Keith rolled into town Tuesday evening and it was great to see them. Wednesday was a chilled day by the pool, but before then, Keith and I went for a early swim in the bay. I’m used to swimming alone, soContinue reading “Friends in town – A boat trip, an ancient city & good food”

A boat trip and mooching around

We decided to hire a gulet for the day. A Gulet is a typical wooden Turkish cruising yacht. It has a large, rounded stern area which is well-suited for comfortable eating and lounging. Our skipper “Yas”had messaged us the night before to confirm that there were no issues with the weather, so on Sunday morningContinue reading “A boat trip and mooching around”

Guests in town & the Saklikent Gorge

We’ve been pretty lazy since we arrived 10 days ago, just lounging around the pool and gazing out across this wonderful vista. But we have managed a couple of swims, another trip to the farmers market and some delicious dinners. On Thursday we received our first visitors here, Christien and his best friend Brad, whichContinue reading “Guests in town & the Saklikent Gorge”