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239 - Belfast - just visiting

the great hackening

239 - Belfast - just visiting

🇵🇹 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 During the week V and I travelled up to Dublin and then on to Northern Ireland. We are doing a short visit to Holywood and Belfast this week to see family and friends before we head back home to Hong Kong. Before leaving Lisbon we made the most of the

229 - After the twelfth

grand solar minimum

229 - After the twelfth

🇬🇧 Insights from solar physicist Valentina Zharkova. Plus: Bitcoin payments in Signal, why Monero tops privacy charts, Immich backup strategy, Gold Clearing in Hong Kong and decoding the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.

223- Another trip to Belfast

Plagues, Pandemics and Raging fires - Dr Gloria Moss

223- Another trip to Belfast

🇪🇸 🇬🇧 We are back in Belfast again - another unplanned trip. Unfortunately a family member has had an injury and we are here to help ensure that proper support is organised for the recuperation. Thanks to all the family friends who are also helping and supporting. Compared to the quality of healthcare

207 - Year of the Fire Horse

energy in the field

207 - Year of the Fire Horse

🇹🇭 Hot on the heels of Friday 13th we have Valentines Day on Saturday and then the Annular Eclipse kicking off the Year of the Fire Horse on 17th February. Plenty of energy in the field and I expect this will not pass off without something noteworthy. You may or may

195 - Macau this week

the illusion of choice

195 - Macau this week

🇭🇰 🇲🇴 We are really making the most of our stay in Hong Kong. In addition to doing all the usual things this week, V and I broke pattern again - we did a trip over to Macau. Since we had such a good time in Madeira, why not visit its twin over

193 - Sai Kung this week

breaking pattern

193 - Sai Kung this week

🇭🇰 This week, V and I have been breaking pattern. We are up in Sai Kung in the North East of Hong Kong - a popular area for holiday, hiking and all sorts of water-sports. The weather was often cloudy and not too hot - almost perfect in fact! We used the

181 - Unveiling aplenty

181 - Unveiling aplenty

🇬🇧 We are nearing the end of our time here in Belfast. Looks like we will have nice weather for our last weekend here and we are planning a BBQ with friends. The weather here this summer has been rather better than previous years. I have managed to get out and

163 - Back in Mallorca

mistakes were NOT made

163 - Back in Mallorca

🇪🇸 V and I travelled back to Mallorca over last weekend. We did get to enjoy superbly sunny weather in Belfast before we left and I have included a few more photos below. We are somewhat repeating our tried and tested travel schedule, but there are also quite a few extensions

144 - Autumn in Hong Kong

144 - Autumn in Hong Kong

🇭🇰 The autumn weather has finally arrived in Hong Kong - daily temperatures are 15-23 degrees but with that we still have plenty of sunshine so it's quite nice. Contrary to what many think, we do have four seasons here in HK (even winter) - although it will be end

133 - Palermo - settling in

holographic universe

133 - Palermo - settling in

🇮🇹 V and I have quickly settled in to Palermo. After "summer" in Northern Ireland the weather is fantastic - it has been great to clear up V's asthma. It really is true that once you have lived in a warm country, you don't want to

121 - Holiday reading

classic books to read

121 - Holiday reading

🇪🇸 We are nearing the end of our stay here in Mallorca for this year. We still have a while to enjoy here but it begins to feel like "end of term" - can you still remember that? Monday, V and I had an early start. We did another great

119 - June in the Mediterranean

books for holiday reading

119 - June in the Mediterranean

🇪🇸 It is already June and we are nearly half way through the year. How has your year been so far? V and I are back again in Palma for another stretch and we are enjoying being back in our daily routine here in the Mediterranean. Our travel was about as

76 - Holywood Cafe

76 - Holywood Cafe

🇬🇧 This week we have been around Holywood, Bangor and Belfast. I have also met up with a few friends from school days - some of whom I had not seen for over 40 years! Some, like me are world travellers just taking a sojourn here, among other things, to "enjoy&