As we left Tbilisi, the city was preparing for a grand Independence Day parade, and we had been promised something similar in Kutaisi. The weather, however, had other plans. We woke to an overcast yet dry morning and headed to a café for breakfast of granola and Greek yoghurt before wandering into town. Around the… Read More »
(post script. Since I published this article I have learnt that 17 people lost their lives in these flood in Dar) It was raining buckets when I set out from home to go to a breakfast meeting at 7am. It then continued to rain as I made my wet way to work. At 10am I… Read More »
Why oh why I decided to go to the pie society for my evening meal when the weather forecast promised rain – I do not know. But I suppose I was driven by a desire for a proper pie. I ordered a very fine beef ad ale pie with mash and gravy and it disappeared… Read More »
I was expecting the heat when I returned to Shanghai from the UK but what I wasn’t expecting was the deluge which greeted me. The first ‘night’ I couldn’t wait any longer than 3pm to hit the sheets and woke up at what my phone told me was 7pm. The room, which I was expecting… Read More »