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I had this blog pretty well ready to post on Wednesday but decided to save the draft and have one more read through on Thursday before posting. However, on Thursday I went to the shops intending to post the blog on my return, but got distracted, and as it turned out, the delay was toContinue reading “Scientific Rambles Two”

Thanks to Covid 19, I have temporarily put the Vagabond project on hold, and instead, we are opportunistically visiting a few smaller centres in Victoria just for a few days of get-away time irrespective of whether The Vagabond ever visited! The first of these little jaunts is to Yarragon in Baw Baw Shire, just 75Continue reading “Sketches of Yarragon”

  Further to my last Blog relating to dealing with Telstra, I can report that in the true spirit of the Circumlocution Office, nothing got done! As the technician failed to materialise between the appointed hours, I phoned Telstra, had the usual unsatisfactory conversations with, in sequence, the computer, the operator in Manilla, and someoneContinue reading “More dealings with Telstra”

  The train to Paris left on time, as one would expect, and it was rather nice to watch the countryside slip by without having to concentrate on driving. Arrived at the Gare St Lazare, it was a simple taxi ride to the Hotel Studia on Boulevarde St Germain. Simple for us, of course, noContinue reading “Travel Blog September 29 to October 2, 2012”

  After two and a half weeks at Argelès, we followed the example of most other people, and left! First to Le Boulou to fare-well our friends Sylvie and Patrick, and then off, by way of Thuir and Prades, to Villefranche de Conflent, a distance of some 60 K. Founded in about 1090 at theContinue reading “Travel Blog September 24 to September 29, 2012”

Ten kilometres or so south of Argelès, along the coast toward Spain, is the tiny town of Collioure. Today it is a town that relies almost entirely on tourism and the wine industry, but it has existed for a very long time, and has played its part in the history of the area. There isContinue reading “Travel Blog Sept 20 to Sept 23, 2012.”

The area surrounding this part of France is steeped in history. Many of the small villages have churches, abbeys and the like which date from the 12 century and earlier, and there are lots of Roman sites. Being near the border with Spain, it has seen more than its share of invasions and strife overContinue reading “Travel Blog September 17 to September 20, 2012”

The sea-side township of Argelés Plage, at the northern end of which is where we are staying, is about 3km long, and in places the built-up area is about 500m wide. In other places it is no more than 100m, and it lies between the old town of Argelés-Sur-Mer, and the sea. The beach itselfContinue reading “Travel Blog September 10 to September 16, 2012”

  We left Baume-les-Dames just after breakfast, and since it is such a small town, we did not experience our usual trauma of taking the wrong road. The route to Besançon is very straight-forward, and the traffic quite light. Getting along on the by-pass was quite easy, except for some deviations due to road works.Continue reading “Travel Blog September 4 to September 9, 2012”