Category Archives: Travel
and the prize for Beeston’s best woman driver goes to …
Just when you thought it was safe to walk the pavements in Beeston! Janet was getting signatures on the Save Wilkos petition and I was walking back from practising the organ at church, when a woman driver (tired and emotional … Continue reading
Murdochs meet in California
We’re over here for a Murdoch Family “meet-and-greet”. Last weekend, thirty Murdochs, all descendants of David Murdoch (1834-1879) and his wife Harriett Parkes (1835-1911) gathered in the Bay Area to share stories and records of the original nuclear family. Five … Continue reading
They still ride penny-farthings oop north!
I overtook this man cycling downhill towards Shuttleworth, Lancs yesterday. I parked up ahead to take photos as he passed, and he obliged by getting off, turning round and cycling up the hill again.
On the trail of my Scottish great-grandfather, David Murdoch
In 1827 John and Elizabeth Murdoch moved from Pitlochry to this farm (L) at Claggan near Bowmore on the Isle of Islay, Argyllshire. John was game-keeper to the Lord of the Manor, William Campbell who lived in Islay House (R). It … Continue reading
The world comes to Beeston
To welcome Janet back to Beeston, I arranged a small concert of pan-pipe music from Guatemala in the Square.
Back from lovely holiday in Holland
We are back from a lovely couple of weeks in Holland. Lots of cycling, fun on the beach, catching up with old friends and the odd ice cream!!
Crowds welcome Jonathan to Ottawa
Crowds were out in their thousands to welcome Jonathan on his visit to Ottawa this week. He took time off from his negotiations over humanitarian aid programs with the Canadian Government to do a walkabout through the streets around the Offices of the Ministry … Continue reading
Black or white: an essay in racial integration
Janet took this photo on her visit with Stewart Lane to St Lucia Marine Reserve in Kwa-Zulu Natal on the SE coast of South Africa last week.
Summer trips overseas
Not many Patricks left in the UK next week. A family holiday in North Holland, a re-union trip to Johannesburg and Blantyre, a sabbatical break in Gaucin and a business trip to Ottawa are taking family members to far-flung places.
Patricks back in Gaucin
Patricks having a beer and an ice cream outside Paco Pepes, Gaucin. Wish you were here…
