Where were we? France. Still. If you have any good ideas about how to make saying that more interesting, do let us know. We may need them…. Where should we have been? When you left us last week, we were in Karakol, on the shores of Lake Issyk Kul in… Continue reading
Where were we? We are both here (still). And (sort of) not here. Because this week we were deconfined and so we left the village! In fact we even went as far as Grenoble. Where should we have been? In the Covid-free world of our dreams, as with many dreams,… Continue reading
We were asked this question on twitter: As a teacher what is the most interesting thing the kids have learned so far? And it seems to us that that question requires an answer in more than 280 characters. Not least because we suspect that what we think is interesting, or… Continue reading
Where were we? Yesterday was day 90 of our trip. We are now over half way through the six months of our trip. It will surprise no one to learn that we are still in France. Where should we have been? Back in that alternate reality, we had a wonderful… Continue reading
If the Border Telegraph wasn’t exciting enough, today we are on BBC Sport and tomorrow (10.25ish UK time) I am going to be interviewed on SportsHour on the BBC World Service! My school PE teachers would be utterly flabbergasted… And if you are visiting our blog for the first time… Continue reading
Or What it really looks like Here in lockdown we have – we have to have – a routine. We have worked out in the last seven and a half weeks that no routine leads to chaos and chaos leads to shouting and shouting leads to consequences that none of… Continue reading
The Chartreuse massif is a walkers’ paradise, a designated French Regional Natural Park, and as such is comprehensively signposted, with well maintained paths criss-crossing the hills, forests, streams and mountains. The signs are a distinctive shade of yellow, with small yellow stripes painted on rocks, trees and walls to tell… Continue reading
Very excitingly we are in this week’s Border Telegraph. Many thanks to them for featuring us – and for picking a picture of me to headline it with (maybe!). If you’re here for the first time, perhaps from the Border Telegraph link, you can see lots more pictures (of all… Continue reading
Where were we? You guessed it. Where should we have been? This is the week things were supposed to get very exciting. On Sunday evening we should have been on the 22.26 departure from Moscow to Tashkent. We were scheduled to arrive into Tashkent (having travelled through a lot of… Continue reading
As with Slovenia, I realised fairly shortly after we arrived in France that our Scandinavian plans were doomed. So rather than carry my Norwegian book all the way home with me unread, I thought I’d read it here. Norway After my French book, which I read in both English and… Continue reading
