Meanwhile, in the travel supplement...
Dec. 29th, 2018 04:15 pmIt's a long time since I've posted any links from the Guardian travel supplement, mostly because it's a while since I found anything in it I wanted to save (though in that case, why are there so many back issues lying around that haven't been discarded? I may have to revisit that question). And last Saturday's issue led on their writers' finds of the year - not entirely promising, though it did also include a quiz, which was quite fun, as a throwaway quiz. Also...
I have no immediate intention of acting on any of this. For the time being, we have plans for midsummer in Shetland, and that will do nicely. But you never know.
- The photograph which caught my eye, of the Templar stronghold of Tomar, in Portugal - an image which managed to frame both fortress and cloister within an archway (a composition known to my friends as "one of
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- The readers' recommendations had some interesting suggestions, too. I am not tempted (no. really I'm not) by a lighthouse cottage on Mull, off-grid and a mile along a coastal path. But having enjoyed visiting Bruges and Ghent, I'm happy to add Leuven to my list (though I shall probably continue to think of it as Louvain).
- Praise for Mushkudiani Manor, in Georgia (no website, but easy enough to find on booking sites) across the page from an ad for 'Guardian Holidays' in Georgia, reminds me how much I liked Georgia when we briefly visited, long ago. I have no immediate intention of acting on this...
I have no immediate intention of acting on any of this. For the time being, we have plans for midsummer in Shetland, and that will do nicely. But you never know.
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