Shelley Dark
Sep 20, 2018
#16 on the hunt
I've been looking forward to searching the archives at Kew for so long I could hardly believe that the day had finally arrived. I was so...
Shelley Dark
Sep 18, 2018
#15 Kew
The weather in Cork was just brilliant the whole time I was there but today it dawned drizzly, windy and foggy! It wasn't a pea souper...
Shelley Dark
Sep 17, 2018
#14 Draíocht = magic
If you've been following my research travels, you'll know there's been magic happening. When I told a man sitting next to me on a plane...
Shelley Dark
Sep 14, 2018
#13 riding in my car, car
'I think Europcar is the best rental car company in the world,' I said seriously. 'That wasn't always the case,' said my helper at Cork...
Shelley Dark
Sep 13, 2018
#12 the city of Cork
Get ready. This post's a marathon. I told you about my mate Tom on the aeroplane. The next Corkonian I met was the taxi-driver - I asked...
Shelley Dark
Sep 12, 2018
#11 A quick Oirish story
On the way over in the plane, I was sitting in the window seat 1A, and in aisle seat 1C was a darling old fellow who said he was 87 but I...
Shelley Dark
Sep 11, 2018
#10 London Biennale and Spring
I've heard so much about Petersham Nurseries that I was determined to see the shop in Covent Garden. These hydrangeas grandiflora were...
Shelley Dark
Sep 10, 2018
#9 phone debacle and better things
Thursday was another miserably ghastly London day! -:) I took the circle line to Green Park, and on my way past, dropped in at the Ritz,...
Shelley Dark
Sep 8, 2018
#8 day trip to Portsmouth
Like Frida I've had two significant events since I wrote last. On Wednesday I went to Portsmouth, and on Thursday I lost my phone at the...
Shelley Dark
Sep 5, 2018
#7 Chelsea or bust
I almost burst but not quite - 22,000 steps and 16 kilometres. I know because I looked at my watch. It's not easy being a tourist. I...
Shelley Dark
Sep 4, 2018
#6 Victoria loves Albert ♡
I've always wanted to go to the Victoria and Albert Museum. It's only a five minute walk from here, so I left home early and wandered the...
Shelley Dark
Sep 3, 2018
#5 Riding the tube
I knew from my trip prep that the tube line I'd be using most in London is the circle line - it goes round and round the centre of...
Shelley Dark
Sep 2, 2018
#4 city of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics
I love London society! I think it has immensely improved. It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just...
Shelley Dark
Sep 1, 2018
#3 Guess where?
With hanging flower baskets like this? I've suddenly been transported into a game of Monopoly! Mayfair and Pall Mall, The Strand and...
Shelley Dark
Aug 27, 2018
#2 Where to go and what to wear?
There's a lot to be said for the ease of having a travel agent put together an itinerary for you. On the other hand, from my perspective,...