Two more spreads have been added ... my solo trip to New York and a day out with friends. I've reached the half-way point in the TN now and I reckon that puts me on target to have enough available pages left to complete the year.
During my recent solo adventure to New York City, I revisited the Strand Bookstore and discovered two new-to-me ones along the way: I wrote after my first visit to the Strand that I found it overwhelming. This time I had more of a clue about which sections I wanted to spend time in and the … Continue reading New York City | Bookshops
The High Line is almost 1.5 miles of former elevated train tracks and can be found on Manhattan's West side between the newly redeveloped and reopened Hudson Yards and 14th Street. The High Line at Hudson Yards The High Line’s planting design is inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew wild for 25 years after … Continue reading New York City | The High Line
Of all the neighbourhoods in New York City, the West Village is easily the most walkable, its cobbled corners straying from the signature grid that unfurls across the rest of Manhattan. I began my walk on Cherry Lane at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Established in 1924, the theatre is the city's longest continuously running off-Broadway … Continue reading New York City | The West Village
The Guggenheim Museum on 5th Avenue opened its doors to the public in 1959 and was the recipient of mixed reactions - curiosity, admiration and even scorn. Today, the Guggenheim is recognised as one of the greatest architectural accomplishments of the twentieth century. Art Deco splendour The rotunda was closed on the day of my … Continue reading New York City | The Guggenheim
When I last visited New York City's Central Park, there was snow on the ground. The only thing on the ground in early May is cherry blossom. Looking West across the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis reservoir I spent the best part of 6 hours in the park and headed further North than I've ever been before … Continue reading New York City | Central Park
I'm recently returned from {another} solo trip to the Big Apple; made possible by having enough air miles for a return flight with the airline that is pure and maidenly. Oh, air miles, how I love you! Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan And like my visit last year, I tried to do things that were … Continue reading New York, New York
Two more spreads have been added ... our trip to Devon and a trip we made in the Easter holidays. Devon delight Super Sywell You might that these designs look familiar, and you'd be correct. I'm using just three or four different ones for this traveler's notebook, so that when it's finished, they will join … Continue reading OLW | Thrive and the Traveler’s Notebook
As we were preparing to leave Devon, we made a final stop at the Canonteign Falls near Exeter. Home to England’s highest man-made waterfall, Canonteign Falls is a magnificent example of a Victorian folly set in a magical natural paradise. The waterfalls themselves descend for over 70 metres. The falls were built in 1890 The … Continue reading Canonteign Falls
My goddaughter and her family invited us recently to spend a few days with them at a cottage in rural Devon, on the eastern edge of the Dartmoor National Park. It's not an area of the UK that I know, so I was imagining chocolate-box cottages and cream teas galore. Chocolate-box cottages The cottages were … Continue reading Devon Delight
