Well here we go again back in travelling mode. This time no months of planning , no build up of excitement, yes I know its only a tiny winy trippette but you would think there might be a tingle somewhere! Perhaps it will explode hopefully very soon! I Arrived in Delhi on Wednesday morning (10th( after an eight hour overnight sleepless flight. But managed to catch up on three films so that was a bonus. I wasn’t sure what to expect so it was rather a surprise that the airport is brand spanking new, and the surrounding area is under massive development - must be the 8% GDP that India enjoys. My first afternoon I actually spent by the pool relaxing , I was to meet the rest of the group early that evening , and ... read more

Well we are in cowboy and Indian country, the wild west where many battles were fought, the pioneers made their presence felt and films galore have been made. If the smile was still on my face, then it would widen considerably in awe, as we saw for the first time the grand canyon . What a sight and how beautiful it was . Our journeys to the canyon where we stayed for 2 days and then on to Sedona some 150 miles to the south, were a bit of an adventure. The weather conditions chanege very quickly in this part of the world , we were travelling between 5- 6000 feet and one minute we were in fine conditions the next it got pretty scarry with with heavy snow falls coming so fast we could hardly ... read more

Well we finally left San Francisco a day later than planned after a bit of a health scare from Mr Winch . Thankfully he seems fine and Lucy found her way out of the city and in the right direction for the Rockies and the Sierra nevada.. She and I shared the driving and after what seemed a rather tortuous route going east, south, north, and east again, through the bread basket region of california, we did arrive at the south gate of Yosemite National Park and our beautiful Lodge.. We had to acquire snow chains as it is law to have them in this part of the world. The forecast for the next few days was snow!!!. It grew steadily colder as we ventured higher into the hills and snow began to appear all around ... read more

How wonderful to meet up with Al and Lou in LA after a long flight and four films later!! I left on Tuesday afternoon and arrived on Tuesday morning , this international date line thing is doing my head in! But no rest for me , we took off in our hired 4 wheel drive - Al was conned into taking a much bigger car than we needed , they said we needed more luggage space - can you believe it! We headed for Santa Monica and it was like Blackpool , and it rained , and Al was driving, and it took us ages to get there , LA is a devil to navigate , few road signs and no sat nav. But still we had a grand late lunch and what made Lou's day ... read more

I know what you are thinking where are the Cook islands and why did she choose them to visit ? The 15 Cook Islands are to be found scattered over some 2 million square klms of ocean extending from 9 degrees south of the equator to just north of the tropic of Capricorn in the mighty Pacific . They are flanked to the west by Tonga and Samoa and to the east by Tahiti and the flight from Auckland to Rorotonga , the capital and main island takes around 3 .5 hours by convention jets These are idyllic places embracing coral atolls and rugged volcanic islands east of NZ. They are the stuff that dreams are made from and the scandal of Captain Cook and Bligh is deep in its history. Not with standing all of ... read more