The last three days in England have been spent without internet for various reasons, and there is a bit of a logjam of blog posts. So even though I write this about 15 hours ahead of our departure from this country and hemisphere, it seems to me I can’t post it until we arrive back […]
Bath. It’s all about water. Called Aquae Sulis by The Romans, the centrepiece of the town of Bath is a massive Roman Bath complex, with columns and statues, All very impressive. All Victorian. Yes, in 1897, on top of the old, genuine remains, some well-meaning individuals basically rebuilt a fake that, with more than a […]
Let me handle your first objection, dear reader. I have heard that tea smugglers of the 1700s are no different to drug smugglers today; and if that is your opinion, dear reader, then you are entitled to it; as completely wrong as it is. Tea was not illegal; merely highly taxed. Smuggling tea was not […]
I have fulfilled an ambition this trip and read “Myrtle Takes Tea”. Lady Devotea and I have also sipped tea with the author twice , and whilst we will respect that person’s wish to be a little mysterious, I am going to let the cat out of the bag and say that it is not […]
Now I feel I’m growing older And the songs that I have sung Echo in the distance Like the sound Of a windmill goin’ ’round I guess I’ll always be A soldier of fortune The above is taken from a Deep Purple song. Surprisingly, I love it through I can’t recall ever hearing the original. But in […]
A frantic two days came to a stunning conclusion last night. We’ve covered a fair bit of London and seen two shows; The Phantom of The Opera and We Will Rock You. and like the teas we have enjoyed over those two days, they have been at opposite ends of any measure you care to […]
Even though I had a fabulous weekend, the fact that I had no tea other than what I made myself means I can assume that is of little interest to my readers. So I will summarize it in one sentence and then neatly catch up with my blog by describing yesterday. Here’s the sentence: Our […]
(As I sit down to write, there is a front page story about a lady who lost her legs in the terrorist bombing here. She is now representing her country at the Paralympics. A great kick in the teeth to the cockroaches who planned and carried out that cowardly act; but it does make my […]
Hurrah for the Internet! We hope to have much more access to the net here in the city that never sleeps, the city so good they named it twice- London. I have been in or near London about 16 hours, and a quite a few of those have been in transit or asleep. So, fully […]
As a proud member of the Association of Tea Bloggers, there’s no way I’d miss the upcoming ‘blogger’s carnival’. Especially as I’m virtually the earliest blogger in the whole group, dateline wise. So each day occurs earlier for me than almost all of the others. I’ll get in there first and kick it off. So, the assignment is simple, they’ve set the topic, and it’s […]