This past Tuesday was election day in the US, as pretty much the whole world knows. I am relieved to see that Biden is the projected winner at this point. A (much much) smaller personal victory also occurred Tuesday: I placed the last bead on the edge of my shawl.… Read More »Placed my last bead
Or “Woolies prove their value” Friday October 4th was our big hiking day. We really had our fingers crossed that the weather would cooperate and all would go well. We wanted to do a proper hike in Wales, but for a variety of reasons, this didn’t work out. We’d started… Read More »North Face of Ben Nevis
Our plan for Wednesday was to catch the 10am ferry to Bressay, walk around for a little over an hour enjoying the island, then take the 11:30 back to Lerwick to have lunch before heading up to the Shetland College tour. The ferry dock for the Bressay ferry is in… Read More »Final day in Shetland
Before the plane had even touched down, we’d seen our first Welsh sheep dotting the hillsides of the fields outside Cardiff airport, an auspicious start to a trip centered around a wool festival. We took the bus from the airport into Cardiff, had lunch at a chain called “Bill’s” (quite… Read More »Arrival in the Land of Sheep
