Today is day sixteen of the 30 Day Writing Challenge, and the prompt is: Small Things. It’s been a funny old week with lots going on, and I’ve just realised that I forgot to take a Wednesday Wander! I’m think perhaps this blogging challenge has thrown me off course a little – I tend notContinue reading “30 Day Writing Challenge – Day Sixteen – Small Things”
Category Archives: Wednesday Wander
Wednesday Wander – Coventry Cathedral
Yes, I am still doing the 30 Day Blog Challenge, but it’s Wednesday, and I always go for a Wander on Wednesday. Today’s prompt was: Very Loud. I thought about places I’d been that were loud – rock festivals, waterfalls, train stations, airports. Then the phrase ‘louder than bombs’ came into my head, and IContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Coventry Cathedral”
Wednesday Wander – Tintern Abbey, Wales
These lovely gothic ruins are all that remains of Tintern Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded on May 9, 1131, by Walter De Clare, then lord of Chepstow. Situated in a picturesque river valley on the border between England and Wales, the Abbey flourished for four centuries, spawning two daughter Abbeys in Gloucestershire and Ireland. Then,Continue reading “Wednesday Wander – Tintern Abbey, Wales”
Wednesday Wander – Pacific Northwest Totem Poles
These tall, beautifully carved objects are totem poles, part of the culture and artistry of the First Nations people, specifically those of the Pacific Northwest. The great forests that once covered the misty Pacific shores were home to vast red cedar trees, traditionally used to make the poles. Now only pockets of that forest remain,Continue reading “Wednesday Wander – Pacific Northwest Totem Poles”
Wednesday Wander – Ancient Rome
I spent most of today wandering around Roman ruins and a museum with a group of children from my daughter’s school. I saw some wonderful mosaics, coffins complete with skeletons, and dozens of finely made Roman artifacts. So, for my Wednesday Wander this week, I thought I’d take a trip back to where it allContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Ancient Rome”
Wednesday Wander – Koalas Koala-ing
I woke up today and felt the need for some cuteness in my life, so for this week’s Wednesday Wander I’ve decided to share some photos of koalas. As you might have guessed, that means we’ve wandered to Australia – the first two pictures were taken at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Queensland, and theContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Koalas Koala-ing”
Wednesday Wander – Manyana Beach
My wander this week is to Manyana Beach, on the NSW coast south of Sydney, Australia. I visited Manyana many years ago with my now-husband. I think I’ve mentioned before that he’s Australian, and likes to surf. On this particular trip we were driving north from Melbourne to Sydney, a drive that takes seven hoursContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Manyana Beach”
Wednesday Wander – Lion Monument, Lucerne, Switzerland
The Wednesday Wander is back! After two weeks off due firstly to an ongoing series of posts, then to me being too ill to post anything at all, I’m back to wander the world (the bit I’ve seen of it, anyway). This week, I’m wandering to Switzerland, to a melancholy monument carved into a cliffContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Lion Monument, Lucerne, Switzerland”
Wednesday Wander – Throwback, Hollywood Style
This week, I’m wandering back in time as well as through space, to my first trip to California. It was 1985 – denim was faded, colours were bright, earrings were big and so was hair. And here we are. My brother and I at the famed Hollywood Bowl, just sitting casually in front of theContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Throwback, Hollywood Style”
Wednesday Wander – Headland House, Cornwall
Yesterday would have been the 100th birthday of author Roald Dahl so, in celebration, my Wednesday Wander this week has a Roald Dahl connection. This is Headland Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall, and it was the location where Roald Dahl’s The Witches was filmed, starring Angelica Houston as the Head Witch. With magnificent sea views overlookingContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Headland House, Cornwall”
Helen Glynn Jones 