BBQs with Friends - Singapore - 2025
One of the huge advantages of living in a condo, is the facilities that are available to residents. For us, that includes barbecue pits by the pool, barbecue pits on the roof, and barbecue pits in the garden. We are rationed to one BBQ per calendar month, but we have been steadily using our quota since arriving!Â
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Sentosa - Singapore - 2024
Singapore is a beautiful place - as you'll see in the many great walks on this site. This was one of many trips to Sentosa - an island in the south connected by a walkway (as well as by tram and by cable car!). The island is home to Resorts World Sentosa, a major centre with hotels, casino, universal studios theme park and seaworld etc. However, it also has beautiful nature walks, and glorious sandy beaches as can be seen below.
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Ice Cream Museum - Singapore - July 2024
What would three middle-aged people do to celebrate a birthday? Go to the ice-cream museum, of course! Ball pits, swings, bouncy castles, and ice-creams to try at each station? Who says it is for kids? We had a great time as the pics will testify.
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Glamping - Bintan - Feb 2024
For Chinese New Year, I booked something a little different! We caught a local ferry over to an Indonesian Island, where we checked into a wigwam on the side of a man-made lagoon! The ultimate glamping experience. I loved it, Shanhong, perhaps not as much! I think you'll agree there are some lovely photos though!
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Feeding the Ducks - UK - July 2023
It doesn't really matter where we go, one of the things Shanhong loves to do...  ... is feed the ducks.
Summer 2023 saw us home in the UK visiting Lincoln, Norfolk and the Isle of Wight, and in all three places, Shanhong was enjoying ducks and swans! Enjoy some pics of Shanhong in her 'happy space'!
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Paragliding - New Zealand - Dec 2022
Another holiday surprise for Shanhong... let's jump off a clifftop together!
Queensland is the "adventure capital" of New Zealand, so, something had to be done. Organised through GForce Paragliding (GForce Paragliding – Tandem Paragliding Queenstown), these were tandem flights - so, nothing to do but hold on and enjoy! I don't think Shanhong wants to do it again - but it was one of those things it was great to do once! For me, I'd love to do it again somewhere else. I have to say though, given Shanhong is afraid of heights - she really does get involved in more than I would expect.
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Llama Hike - Lake District UK - June 2022
It is always special to surprise Shanhong on holiday. For Summer 2022 it was a Llama Hike in the Peak District. Organised through Alpacaly Ever After (Outstanding Alpaca and Llama Experiences - Alpacaly Ever After) this was a very simple but lovely day, enjoying gorgeous scenery with adorable animals. Shanhong was grinning all day!
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Family - Summer 19
Always good to see the family! David and Teresa came over to see Stephen and Christine - which made it a bit easier, and then we popped over to see Lynn and Chris.Â
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We love Cruising - Europe 2019
We do enjoy a good cruise. Summer 2019 saw us cruising in Europe, from UK, via Norway, Sweden and Estonia to St. Petersburg, and then back via Finland and Denmark. The travel pics are going in the travel blog - but here we are playing dress-up!
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Velocity ZipWorld - Wales - June 2018
Another adventure! Having enjoyed our Zip in Haiti, and knowing we would be in Wales, I booked us on "Velocity" the longest zipline in Europe and the fastest in the world! Located in the slate mountains of North West Wales, it was a long drive for a very short ride - but also a great experience!
