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Monday Wake to a glorious sunny day and fresh powder. Lazy morning followed by a trip to bank and the Christian centre. Then in the afternoon I’m off to the Basin Rec to play my first game of pickleball. Played … Continue reading →

Thursday Lazy morning then off to Disney springs. Used to be called Downtown Disney by I suppose the marketing geeks decided that wasn’t sexy enough. A pleasant stroll around, I sit and watch the world go by while Wendy forages … Continue reading →

Sunday Lovely sunny day. Drive up to Dunedin after the usual lazy morning. It’s a buzzing place. Last night we went to dinner there and the place was hopping, livelier than Clitheroe on a Saturday night, but alas despite the … Continue reading →

Wednesday Early start as I’m off to Pickleball. Alsas get to the sports centre, 6 pickleball courts but no one there. Abandon hope of playing pickleball today. After lunch, we set off to Sand Key Park and the beach. Wendy … Continue reading →

Saturday Leisurely drive up to Clearwater. Encounter our first traffic jam on the interstate. Mainly caused by scrots wanting to cut in at the last moment. Seems to be a world wife problem. Easily find our new home exchange and … Continue reading →

Tuesday Up at 05:00 for a conference call. Back to doing some ARC management consultancy. Then it’s an early start over to Rolf’s to got kayaking. We’re off to Pine island where we meet up with a group of about … Continue reading →

Friday Another lazy morning, coffee and newspapers around the pool. How civilised is that. I’m almost missing the cut and thrust of the daily BREXIT battles between the remoaners and brexiteers, bumping up against one another like angry molecules in … Continue reading →

Monday Up at the crack our sparrows to beat the Manchester traffic; taxi to airport; amazing we manage to get into the escape lounge – priority pass is a rip off. Excellent virgin flight to Orlando. Plenty off free booze; … Continue reading →

Sunday Breakfast on 40th floor. Great views but an expensive breakfast. Set off to the Senso-ji temple. An interesting combination of the cultural, holy and spiritual complete with about 100+ stalls selling all sorts of tat that you’ve neither need … Continue reading →

Wednesday There’s a queue for one of the two breakfast buffets in the hotel – no way. So go down to the gold room, it was worse than St Thomas primary school canteen, complete with greasy table clothes and non … Continue reading →