Gabby the virtual motorhome is on her virtual tour having now reached the lovely Lubeck . Lubeck was one of those places we first saw and read about in blogs. Other peoples blogs. Stories of parking up and wandering through its quaint walls into its equally quaint interior . We always put this northern German city on our must do and must see tour in Gabby. Going to Denmark meant Lübeck with its brick Gothic architecture could be seen on the way to Denmark or on the way back . A city that was once the medieval capital of the Hanseatic League, a powerful trading confederation. Its symbol is the Holstentor, a red-brick city gate that defended the river-bounded Altstadt (old town). It was probably this gateway that defined our ideas about visiting the city . ... read more

After a touch of frost last night the sun finally came out . You feel so much better when the sun shines don't you? Well if you don't you should. Sunshine makes all the difference to a day. My walk took me along roads many times travelled . Crossing the road from sunlight to shade . . Was it my imagination or were there more vehicles on the road today? Surely they were not all key workers? The man in his big 4 x 4 in his open collared shirt . The six large lorries that were heading to the building site just up the road. The construction worker sitting on a plastic chair guiding them in . He looked like an Italian prositute that we often see touting for trade around Bologna. Stories abound about ... read more

Dawn broke and I woke. I lay in bed for a while . It is Sunday after all. Nothing much to get up for . How many days have we been socially distancing for ? I count 5 days on the fingers of my left hand . I move to the right hand and count another 5. Back to the left hand, one , two three , four and five more . Over to the right hand for the second time round . That is 16 days . I feel I must have miscounted . I am slowly losing track of the days . No swimming today . Just got to get up and make breakfast before going for the morning walk . It is a lovely day and it is Palm Sunday. I set out ... read more

Day 13 and Day 14 of the lockdown - I am running out of places to go and walking spots . My brain is lacking ideas of what to write . Who would have thought that I would find it so hard? As I walk I try to just feel thankful I can walk somewhere into open countryside . . I look about me to try to see something new . This lockdown is dragging on and on and we feel very unlucky. Should we though feel lucky ? We are able to stand still and listen to the silence . We feel as if we have been taken back to a much more peaceful and less rushed time. The absence of vehicles on the road is a bonus. Mother Earth might just be able to ... read more

Day 11 - Although I love walking I am increasingly finding it harder to find somewhere new to walk. The same old routes. I pound the same old streets . I look at the same old houses. I try to find ways to make the walk interesting. I look into peoples gardens to see what is growing. I look at the houses . Many pre- 1950 are interesting. Built with love and a care to attention. They are individual, in larger than life plots and in keeping with the area. The 1970's semi detached . All looking the same. The same brick . The same design set in smaller gardens . We had one . Our first house. We were grateful for it . No tarmacced drive in those days . We were lucky to get ... read more