Author Archives: Butty

Went to the Heritage park where old cabins, houses, grocery stores etc had been moved from their original locations to preserve them. The old barber shop Had a spot of rain on the Saturday but cleared up pretty quickly Went … Continue reading →

Early morning walk for an hour up the beach but had to get back in good time to travel into Tampa City to meet up with Christina and Jo for lunch at noon ( everything is early) at the Columbia … Continue reading →

Lazy day today. Walked the beach for an hour and then took in some rays for another hour before lunch. A cloudless day with no breeze at all and the Gulf was like a mill pond. Another old couple enjoying … Continue reading →

Decided to go back to the Botanical Gardens today, ‘gater hunting’. Actually asked one of the gardeners how many alligators there were there, as there are so many signs around about them, and he said he saw one last year!!! … Continue reading →

Tripped to the small town of Dunedin today which is only about 30 mins away north. Delightful little place and as its name suggests has its roots from Scotland. It is the first home of the PGA, so they say … Continue reading →

Decided not to travel far today being a week- end, not to say that would necessarily make a difference but probably some may travel to this part of the coast to their condo by the sea. Coffee and toast for … Continue reading →

Decided to get out of town and head south down the coast to Sarasota which is about and hour and twenty away according to the SatNav. About right going but hit the Friday night commuters on the way back so … Continue reading →

Spent the day organising a bank account, which went very smoothly, thanks to an introduction by Chris Yarnold to BB&T bank. So now we are up and running with a USA bank account. En route to the bank we visited … Continue reading →

Arrived OK after a slightly shorter flight than expected due to no big headwind across the Atlantic. Immigration a nightmare as usual, took about an hour and then another 45 minutes to get the car and eventually arrived at condo … Continue reading →

Off to Gatwick this afternoon to Acorn Lodge for the night where we can park the car for a couple of weeks before our flight to Tampa for our 2 week stay at Aldea Condos on Belleair Beach, Florida. Flying … Continue reading →

Another beautiful day so took another trip inland to Peillon , a fabulous perched medieval village. Hairpin bends all the way up from the floor of the Paillon Valley. (spellings are correct) . The village has a church at the … Continue reading →

Richard and Joelle coming tonight for a bit of supper so did a little prep. Beautiful day so decided to head inland just a little a way and went for a 2 hour walk on the ” Tour du Mont … Continue reading →

We are at our apartment in Nice for a week just because ! We have hired a car this time so we can get out of town a bit more and do a bit of walking in the mountains assuming … Continue reading →