Travelling

The pink super moon woke me up last night, very large and low above the Down on its journey, partly hiding behind our fir tree. Miss travelling – been over a year since visited Europe. Thought Brexit was bad until the virus arrived. With the family grew up with mostly drove to the South of […]

Please don’t forget others who Care

As we reach such large figures of loss around the World – whichever night you clap for your N.H.S. around the World – please don’t forget the Carers and those they support and the familys often unpaid who are also overlooked Carers. Not just for the elderly but also younger people – facing other challenges […]

Back to the woods

Which Countries provide and receive most Foreign Aid

Conversation in our home about the problems of loss of life in the Channel seem to be about reinstating/increasing the Foreign aid to war torn developing countries who may be carrying the brunt of impacts of Climate Change in more developed countries. Following link is for 2017 and shows Countries donating and those receiving the […]

Sad Day

This State Opening of Parliament for an unelected leader found impossible to watch. Feel the Queen should not have been coralled into this. It was upsetting to see this dutiful lady for a second time being drawn into murky Politics by same Government. It made me sad to see our Queen reading words from a […]

Food – why remaining connected to Europe is Crucial

Fresh fruit, vegetables, meat all may become effected by a ‘No Deal’ Brexit and leaving the European Union and the Supply Chains breaking down or getting held up and fresh foods perishing. Its no longer just about taking away the future of the next generation to travel and live where they want to without borders […]

Halloween

Live Supreme Court from September 17th- 19th hear PM committed worse abuse of power in decades suspending Parliament Because many people have so much to say and my own feelings are horror at what a backwards step i think our current Government are encouraging us to take even using laws like Prorogation that havnt been […]

Travels

We have just returned from an interesting road trip to Mecklenberg – we loved Holland the best but didnt spend too long there. When we got lost in Zeeland we followed a motorbiker to an incredibly long tunnel – 6.6 kms under the Islands. The light and green fields in Holland was beautiful but because […]

Martin Lewis 8 Urgent post-Brexit Travel need to knows

“We’re heading towards the summer, millions turn their hopes to future sunny days both here and abroad. Yet, especially with Brexit round the corner, if you’ve booked a trip to Europe, there are some crucial checks you need to do”. more Martin Lewis

Netherlands- Spring

Are the people in Westminster taking anything seriously?

Personally think receiving this email below – that its time for a new way to govern our country. Parliament is going to debate the petition – “Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU.”. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584 The debate is scheduled for 1 April 2019. Once the debate has happened, we’ll email you a video and […]

Shipping when you buy from our store

We are only small – but we do ship to Australia, Japan, USA, Europe and the UK using Royal Mail tracked and signed for services for visability. – posting in recycled packaging and hopefully weather proof plastic envelopes. Delivery to Australia and Japan is meant to take about 5-7 working days. (We would ship to […]

Eurovision – the 41, lyrics and translations

Think its the pizzazz and escapism and how so many countrys get togethor to put on – and always the commentary by Graham Norton. Think he will have a lot to say this time. If it was about presenters – we would win Think we should change the way we select our song. take little […]

Please Sign the petition – Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU

“Over 700,000 people have signed a petition demanding Article 50 is revoked as Theresa May was forced to beg EU leaders for a delay to Brexit. An influx of people jumped to sign it following a night of political chaos as the Prime Minister turned on MPs in an impassioned speech to the nation on […]

‘ Delay Brexit and make time to consult the public’ – Financial Times – Gordon Brown

‘”We had a Leave referendum without any thought as to what “to leave” actually entailed; a triggering of Article 50 to depart without any plan for departure” more

to remember

to remember is to reflect, to reflect is for all our politicians to try their best, to bring about a peaceful World

French Toll Roads, Swiss Vignette and ViaMichelin

Finally have some time and worked out how much spent on toll roads during a short road trip through France this summer – a lot, more than double the cost of a vignette for Switzerland valid for 6 months. Even more when you include the almost 3% interest rate my bank charged me for converting […]

How does Switzerland control its borders with Europe

We drove to Switzerland this summer from France and read lots of worrying things beforehand about how we would have all our food, even coffee taken away from us – so even though we were camping some of the time – we brought very little with us to avoid this possability and ended up in […]

United Nations – Day of Peace

Tomorrow is United Nations Peace Day -It would be wonderful if we could do something to encourage our politicians to let us – remain – connected with our friends and family in Europe. How about joining hands with all your colleagues round your building or college like a peace train.

The power of song and holding hands

Perhaps someone in Europe and in the UK and Southern and Northern Ireland need to encourage a human chain event – holding hands – to make the Politicians in Europe and the UK reallise how many of us want to stay connected and want our children to also have the same opportunity we have had