Gruffydd “Gruff” Planchant born this morning, August 3rd 2010, at 2:19am, 7lb 5oz. Mother and baby both doing well except for Gruff’s sore head and Rhian’s lack of sleep. For those wondering how “Gruff” is pronounced, it’s just the same as Griff.
We were very lucky that our camping trip to Dorset coincided with a beautiful later summer’s weekend. As well as visiting the River Cottage Autumn Fair for the birthday of Hugh’s biggest fan. We also enjoyed walking, a spot of mackerel fishing off Lyme Regis (and cooking the spoils), eating too much and sampling some [...]
We arrived in Paris by TGV from Basel. A comfortable journey made all the more entertaining by the conductors attempts to seamlessly switch between German, French and English. We spent the afternoon wandering around the 5th and 6th arrondissements and reading a collection of posters outside the Jardin du Luxembourg. The final night of our [...]
We enjoyed a great two days in Basel with Nicole and Christian. While we were there we explored the old town, took in the views from Bölchenflue, visited the Roman amphitheatre at Augusta Raurica, cheekily enjoyed a free beer at the Feldschlösschen brewery, took in a spot on the Rhein where France, Germany and Switzerland [...]
Following a short taxi ride from our treks end point at Phedi we arrived back to some luxury at Hotel Nirvana. We enjoyed a few celebratory beers before attempting to cleanse ourselves of the previous five days worth of grime. That night we treated ourselves to steak at the Everest Steak House, washed down, of [...]
After much deliberation we decided on a trek from Nayapul to Ghorepani then across to Ghandruk and back to Phendi and Pokhara via Landruk and Dhampus. Our start was delayed by a bout of sickness suffered by Mam but we were soon on our way to Nayapul one hour away from Pokhara by taxi. From [...]
We had to returned to Kuala Lumpur in order to pick up our Indian visas and to make our first flight of the trip (to Chennai.) After much deliberation we decided to stay in Kuala Lumpur a few more days in order to spend Christmas there. We had been given some gift vouchers for the [...]
Our journey from Ko Mook to Ko Lipe was something to remember. Although we were completely soaked by the time we disembarked the thrilling journey made up for it. After an unpleasant night at a guesthouse on Hat Pattaya we packed up and moved to the friendly Pooh’s. We had managed to escape the grey [...]
After leaving Kanchanburi we headed south for the much anticipated islands of Thailand. Our first stop was the coastal town of Krabi where we were to meet Geraint who would be holidaying with us for the next two weeks. I had somehow become confused with dates and we had a shock to find Geraint suddenly [...]
Lots of tourists make the journey west of Bangkok to Kanchanaburi to ride the infamous Death Railway. The Thailand-Burma Railway, as it was officially known, was built by allied POWs during the second world war and it is possible to ride the remaining section from Kanchanaburi to Nam Tok. Kanchanaburi, as well as being the [...]
