Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

Lock Katrine

On our visit to Scotland, Loch Katrine became a favourite. It's the Lake in Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake. The weather wasn't great. This, believe it or not, is a colour photograph. 12th August 2010. I've just found... Read more →

More Austin Ramblings

A couple of very hot weeks have passed since I last blogged. We're still in Austin. We will kick off our trip to Dallas/Fort Worth tomorrow in the early morning. The drive will take about three hours. There are enough... Read more →

Austin Ramblings ver 2.

Last Wednesday, Mr and Mrs Rambler set sail for their summer hols. We returned to Austin Texas to spend three weeks with Anne's brother and sister in law. Just before we booked our BA flights we went through the new... Read more →

Funding Restoration- the Venetian solution

To restore even the smallest flat in Venice is a long and therefore expensive job. Just imagine the expense of the restoration of the buildings in St Mark's Square. Many years ago whilst the Torre dell'Orologio- Clock Tower-was in the... Read more →

Per le antiche scale!

Towns in Italy, even the smallest, need little excuse to put on a celebration. This year when Anne and I arrived at Castellammare del Golfo on the north west coast of Sicily, they were celebrating the centenary of the construction... Read more →

Rambler's Provence- a bit of it anyway!

Mr and Mrs Rambler have never been to rural France together.This spring we decided to spend 10 days in Provence. easyJet flies direct from Newcastle to Nice- a splendid starting point. We had booked via the Logis de France website... Read more →

The Rambler Returns

Folks, a confession. I've been a little remiss blogging. I can wheel out excuse number one. Mr and Mrs Rambler have spent a week of glorious weather near amongst the distilleries at Aberlour, Banffshire Milton Cottage Sunrise towards Ben Rinnes... Read more →

....and if you think I'm going to dust that...!

Many cultural highlights open themselves to the visitor to Barcelona. The place is awash with Museums and Art Galleries. Anne and I have visited the Catalan capital many times, but this Tuesday, 11th September ( the Catalan National holiday) we... Read more →

More from the Rambler's Photo Archive.

1994 was the first year Anne and I visited Sicily in the spring. Our base was Giardini Naxos.From there we visited Taormina and Etna. Giardini Naxos. Recent lava flow on Etna. Before the ascent- the warm and easy bit! Brrrrrrr.... Read more →

Shiver Me Timbers!

Austin is suffering from one of its "Ice Storms". I'm rather glad we left before the big freeze set in! Hat-tip JP Read more →