Blog archives for September, 2009

We are heading out to Australia and New Zealand for the month of October, leaving the cats in the capable hands of 3 house sitters. The trip will be a combination of visiting friends, visiting vineyards and wineries, and taking part in orienteering events – including the World Masters Orienteering Championships in Sydney and the Blue Mountains. We have been training for the trip – one of us more energetically than the other!This was the Jurassic Coast 10k run! & I run a Wine Appreciation group!

We have an apartment in the village of La Clusaz in the Haute Savoie. This is a lovely corner of France – we go there in winter for skiing and in summer for walking and climbing. We spent a few days there in September  and did a good climb onthe mountain of La Tournette (between Annecy and Thones)                                                                               

Had a very changeable summer here weather-wise, so we haven’t been on the beach as much as I thought we would. But we’ve enjoyed having lots of visitors and exploring the area around with them. Dartmoor is a real wilderness of course, but we are exploring it , climbing the tors and finding out about the archaeology. And then there’s the coastal path…. We’ve done various trips on boats, been to local vineyards, watched cricket, gorged on music concerts, seen otters, and collected fossils.

On Hound Tor

Fishing off Budleigh beach 

With friends on the coastal path

Playing in the recorder group