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Artist, writer, veteran IT professional

Flowers in the Lower Swiss Alps

Posted on August 2, 2018

Down the years we walked in the Swiss, French, Italian, Austrian and German Alps, and always admired the alpine flowers. Magnificent colours in frequently exquisite plants. But we have never experienced such a profusion of species as we found on … Continue reading →

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Walking in the Lower Swiss Alps 2

Posted on July 30, 2018

Continuing on, we have walked pretty much every day we have been here in the Toggenburg Valley. Even on rest days we will have done an easy walk. For example, today we did 13 kms in 4 hours in the … Continue reading →

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Birds Have the Last Word

Posted on July 30, 2018

I mentioned we have several birds of prey on the Toggenburg property; buzzards of some sort seemingly nesting in the tall mature trees in front of the old house. The activity in the early morning and evening is considerable and … Continue reading →

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Hiking in the Lower Swiss Alps

Posted on July 21, 2018

We are now in eastern Switzerland. From Lake Constance and Bregenz we drove due south west for about 90 minutes to the Toggenburg – a steep sided valley some 30 kms east of Zurich. This is the mid-level Alps; peaks … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Bregenz in Festival Mood

Posted on July 13, 2018

  We arrived in Bregenz last night. Found the SeeCamping site right on the shore of Lake Constance/Bodensee and pitched. It’s a great site, huge but not crowded. The facilities are brilliant, typical Austrian/German. Visitors are as usual a mix … Continue reading →

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Can Boris Johnson Learn From History?

Posted on July 10, 2018

Today we visited the exceptional Historical Museum in Strasbourg. But it is more than just yet another museum; it is based at the heart of Europe, in the Capitol of Europe, and in a place that provides so many historical … Continue reading →

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EU Parliament Delivering Government for Grownups by Grownups.

Posted on July 9, 2018

Thursday 5th July 2018: As the midday voting session approached, the parliamentary chamber – known as the hemisphere, rapidly filled up. First up was the voting for the third reading of the controversial report on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. … Continue reading →

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