Author Archives: Barry

Oh for an English Country Lane

As today was such a warm day, we decided to head north about 50 miles to Cedar Key. To get there was fairly easy, all the roads were straight, 3 primary roads with straight stretches of 10-12 miles. Round here … Continue reading

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Excommunicated!

The internet here is about as reliable us using 2 tin cans and a length of string to communicate. It was down totally all day Sunday. My apologies to Mum who apparently waited up all night for the non-existent episode … Continue reading

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Another Lazy Day

This day was probably one of our laziest days yet. There was nothing to fix, nothing needed doing! Although the day was bright and sunny, it was cool and windy (I know, nothing like the Ottawa wind chill warning of … Continue reading

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Disaster Strikes!!

Late last night the rain started, it was pretty hard at times and was accompanied by thunder and lightning. For the most part the thunder just rolled around and the lightning was the behind the clouds type, there was one … Continue reading

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Another Warm Day

Another clear warm day, up to about 22C today. Other than doing the weekly shopping we stayed at the campground figuring the coast would still be fogged in. It was a day for doing small jobs that I had kept … Continue reading

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Good News, Bad News…. She’s on probation!

The day dawned bright clear and warm. This was first day it has been sunny AND warm, even wore my shorts! An ideal day to head off and explore the beaches. We headed south towards Weeki Wachee where there was … Continue reading

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Now I Can’t See

After the rains of yesterday, the temperatures have risen leading to fog this morning. Lyn went off to the craft group and I did some more of the Lancaster kit. Also tried to persuade the all singing all dancing remote … Continue reading

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At least it wasn’t white

Today was wet! The rain (which I gather is desperately needed) started during the night and went on and off through to lunch-time. During our walks around the area we had noticed that areas had been dug out at the … Continue reading

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Fleas

No, not another bed-bug epidemic, this one is of the market variety. Lyn picked up some directions for a few of the local flea markets earlier in the week. We chose a couple to visit and off we set. Earlier … Continue reading

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Ahhhhh … A well deserved long week-end

Monday is Martin Luther King day so it’s a long weekend down here. Not sure how they celebrate this one, I’ll let you know if I find out. Now that all the new electronics are wired in, I have been … Continue reading

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