2013
Life's grand!
Bracketed notes are update from 19.02.2013
Watch this space for 2013 for developing dreams.
February-March. Would like to be back up in Norway above the Arctic Circle again for all or part of the period. (This happened but not quite for as long as originally envisaged. See Blog for the details.)
Made a trip through part of the northern half of Germany in May. Up through the Weserbergland to Insel Poel. Across to Achtersee and down to Naumburg before bailing out with a crippling visit by Sir Sciatica. Thought it would be best as I'm supposed to be in the UK for June.
Made it to the UK but had to bail out again. A second visit to the bone Doc., proved that Sir Sciatica was not my problem. The sly advance of age is, it turned out I had Spinal stenosis. I'll make it a short story, three weeks later it had been operated on and I'm now out and about, sort of. Have to wait out six weeks to see if I regain full motor control and can start physiotherapy. Limping around like a bloke with one leg shorter than the other at present.
Playing with the idea of first going to Iceland by ferry with the van and then trying to get straight across to Norway from there. Need to wait until next week to check out the possibilities. (Norway is still on but without the Iceland bit. Boss will not give permission.)
CANCELLED for this year.
Mid September through mid November tour around Norway again. (This is still very much a definite.) Might try coming out via Sweden in the hope of catching an Indian Summer. Anyone got any location tips?
If all goes well, and indications are they will, maybe a trip up north to check out the Crane winter migration.
Once again a minor change. Have decided to miss out the Cranes and head off to complete the UK trip I had to cut short in June. Leave on the ferry 24.09.13 and shall go north as far as Boroughbridge in Yorkshire, down through old stamping grounds in North Wales. Will stare up and think gosh did I used to be able to do that. Move on down to Cardiff. Oxford is on the tourist map all of a sudden I've heard.
Back to Düsseldorf on 5.11.13.
That will probably finish off 2013 unless we get lots of snow up in northern Germany, that could tempt me out on the road again.
Watch this space for 2013 for developing dreams.
February-March. Would like to be back up in Norway above the Arctic Circle again for all or part of the period. (This happened but not quite for as long as originally envisaged. See Blog for the details.)
Made a trip through part of the northern half of Germany in May. Up through the Weserbergland to Insel Poel. Across to Achtersee and down to Naumburg before bailing out with a crippling visit by Sir Sciatica. Thought it would be best as I'm supposed to be in the UK for June.
Made it to the UK but had to bail out again. A second visit to the bone Doc., proved that Sir Sciatica was not my problem. The sly advance of age is, it turned out I had Spinal stenosis. I'll make it a short story, three weeks later it had been operated on and I'm now out and about, sort of. Have to wait out six weeks to see if I regain full motor control and can start physiotherapy. Limping around like a bloke with one leg shorter than the other at present.
Playing with the idea of first going to Iceland by ferry with the van and then trying to get straight across to Norway from there. Need to wait until next week to check out the possibilities. (Norway is still on but without the Iceland bit. Boss will not give permission.)
CANCELLED for this year.
Mid September through mid November tour around Norway again. (This is still very much a definite.) Might try coming out via Sweden in the hope of catching an Indian Summer. Anyone got any location tips?
If all goes well, and indications are they will, maybe a trip up north to check out the Crane winter migration.
Once again a minor change. Have decided to miss out the Cranes and head off to complete the UK trip I had to cut short in June. Leave on the ferry 24.09.13 and shall go north as far as Boroughbridge in Yorkshire, down through old stamping grounds in North Wales. Will stare up and think gosh did I used to be able to do that. Move on down to Cardiff. Oxford is on the tourist map all of a sudden I've heard.
Back to Düsseldorf on 5.11.13.
That will probably finish off 2013 unless we get lots of snow up in northern Germany, that could tempt me out on the road again.