The Travelling Bee

Here I go again! Ive been planning this trip since last July. This is my journal and you are invited to read it but its probably going to be rather boring unless you have vested interest in what I'm up to and even then I won't be offended if you don't want to follow. I … Continue reading The Antipodean Adventure

Finally made it home, although I did hand wash my clothes, they seem to be full of sand. In fact they took themselves off to the washing machine! Anyway that's not why I'm writing, you don't not need to hear about my dirty laundry. I took some sweet footage of Spanish Sparrow's having a dust … Continue reading Spanish Sparrow’s

We've seen a tiny Yellow butterfly Sung in the loos, a lullaby We walked the coast of golden sands Posed for pics with jazz hands Animal and bird hunting, we beg your pardon In the lava caves and the cactus garden The Four Wise Monkeys our merry band Walked the beaches of black sand. Maria's … Continue reading Lanzarote the Poem!

Nearly the end of our trip and it's been lovely and something of a cathartic experience for me. Part of me wants to stay, explore some more and swim in the sea every day. I've learned to use my phone, with its camera. I've Skyped my daughter (although it took me a while to sort … Continue reading The Last Few Days

Getting back to the animals and birds we have seen. I think we have correctly identified most of what we've seen so far. Please bare in mind we do not have binoculars and some birds we were not sure about so not listed here. As for animals I have not listed domestic ones. So here … Continue reading Back to Nature

Along with all the days out we have pretty much had a swim in the sea every day. There has been lots of singing by Julie and Maria, they are really good and have a knack of testing the accoustics in every place we've been. I have nicknamed them the Loo Singers after I came … Continue reading The Loo Singers

The best day for me was a walk around Volcán El Cuervo not far from the vineyards of La Geria. I thought it truly wonderful to walk into the crater of a dormant Volcano. Sue said when they had come ten years before there was no vegetation at all but now there are dots of … Continue reading Volcano

I'm not writing this in any particular order, just as I think about what we've done.Lanzarote by comparison to many places is fairly free of rubbish. It looks as though they clean up regularly and the civic pride is noticeable.The landscape is variable, often barren with little vegetation. Some areas the ground is like cat … Continue reading Cat Litter

A place not in our guide books but worth a visit is LagOmar http://www.lag-o-mar.com/ the former home of Omar Sharif who lost it in a card game. Its so cool in every way, designed by Cesar Manrique and using the holes and bubbles in the volcanic rock as room.Right next door is a small resevoir, … Continue reading Butterflies

So why am I here in Lanzarote? Well mostly thanks to Beckie who dropped out of the trip. (Your name may be mud with the girls, but your my hero Beckie!)After a few days orientating ourselves we hired a car. With Maria as driver and me navigating we start our tour of the island. We … Continue reading The Naturalists