Pip has attended her annual conference at York St John University and I went with her, leaving Dublin on Monday morning and returning on Friday evening. York is a wonderful city. I have been lucky enough to visit three times and…
Quiet, quirky and quaint
We’re back in NZ, but still reflecting on our time in the UK. We came across a few things that, from our perspective, fitted the title of this particular blog. The ‘quiet’ was wandering around Stoke Newington with Kirsty one…
Highlights of Newcastle
We didn’t have long here – just enough time for our conference. Close by our hotel were the conference centre, known as the Sage, Gateshead, and the Millennium Bridge, which rises on a pivot motion to allow ships through on…
Photo Essay on Newington Green
Kirsty and Richard live in the leafy suburb of Newington Green. It is a very pleasant area indeed so I have made some collages of photos taken on our perambulations through the streets. First, there are the pubs of Newington…
Robin Hood’s Bay
A beautiful village tumbling down a cliff in East Yorkshire. Amongst all the beauty someone has driven a Mr Whippy van (see skinny photo), but otherwise, photographic heaven.
Flamborough, East Yorkshire
I have a friend, Dr Moira Laidlaw, who is working with me on a research project, and we wanted to visit while we were close by her home of Flamborough, about an hour and a quarter’s drive from York. So…
York Conference
We had a busy time in York. I had work at York St John University on Tuesday and Friday, while Bruce spent time looking around York, before joining the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Theology and me for…
Brighton Pier and Beachfront
Tacky? Yes! Great fun? Yes!! But still tacky? Yes!!!
Busy day today
We said goodbye to Kirsty and Richard today and made our way to York, and our first conference. K & R have treated us royally, especially with their cafe-quality meals, their Beef Wellington rivalling the pork belly that Sarah produced.…
The houseboats of Shoreham
While we were in Hove with Sarah and Chris, they took us by bus down to Shoreham, further down the coast. There is an unusual residential option there, consisting of a number of houseboats moored permanently in a tidal estuary.…