morning tea
Two days before Chinese New Year in 2020, Paula and I went to our local restaurant, Sun Ming Yuen, for yam char (‘drink tea’). We’d been regulars there for many years, originally when it was located in...
View Articlea grand day out #3
Until the weekend before last, I hadn’t done any cycling since November following a freak accident in which I sustained a hairline fracture of a bone in my wrist. Paula had also forgone cycling during...
View Articlewhich options reliably determine lexical expertise?
I’ve always enjoyed solving word puzzles, although until recently the majority of such puzzles that I came across, particularly in newspapers, were annoyingly easy. This is the reason I started to...
View Articleneighbourhood trees: the top ten
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been photographing many of the trees in my immediate neighbourhood. Some of our local trees are quite impressive, and it’s often impossible to get far enough away to...
View Articlepark, parker, parkest
There are dozens of small public gardens in Fanling and Sheung Shui, but only one park: North District Park, which is located just northwest of Fanling Wai. I’d walked through this park before, but one...
View Articlethe garden of earthly delights
I’ve often written about strange and unusual locations that I’ve come across as I explore the New Territories, and this post is about yet another place that fits this description, although in this case...
View Articleacross the swamp
When I wrote about ‘the garden of earthly delights’ recently, I alluded to an interesting feature further along the path, a boggy area that I’ve named ‘the swamp’. I thought that a more detailed...
View Articlemonitoring a lizard
As a result of the construction work that started last year as part of the Fanling North New Development Area, we don’t walk down our local river (Ng Tung River) as often as we used to, but we did...
View Articlequeen of the hill
I first noticed the construction that was taking place southeast of our balcony in 2019, and I took this photo in November of that year: It was obvious that these buildings were destined to become...
View Articlea grand day out #4
Since resuming cycling in March following a 14-week lay-off as a result of an accident in which I fractured a bone in my wrist, I’ve been getting out quite regularly, but our first ride last week was...
View Articlephotographic highlights 2022–23: part 1
I shall be heading back to the UK for the summer in a few days, and as I’ve done for the past several years, I’ve compiled a collection of what I regard as the most ‘interesting’ photos among the more...
View Articlephotographic highlights 2022–23: part 2
…continued from Part 1. I was walking along an elevated walkway near Sheung Shui station in January when I happened to look down: This is a typical display by a street seller of fruit, which looks...
View Articlephotographic highlights 2022–23: part 3
…continued from Part 2. The last three photos in Part 2 were taken on a bike ride ‘down south’, and four days later I was cycling there again, this time with Paula. The cycle track between Taipo and...
View Articlegoin’ up the country
Since we came back to Penrith at the beginning of June, Paula and I have been going for long walks in the countryside around town. These walks have taken us north, south, east and west, but the most...
View Articlean incredibull encownter
In my last post, I described how Paula and I failed to find the continuation of the public footpath to Catterlen after we’d crossed the River Petteril, and as a result we followed an alternative path...
View Articlea message to my readers
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will probably have noticed that I haven’t posted any new material since the beginning of last month. The problem started in the middle of last month. I’d...
View Articleswiss made
I’ve just returned from a trip to Switzerland, a country that I’d never previously visited. As a result of this visit, I have a few things to write about, but I’m still finding it difficult to sit in...
View Articlefavourite photos: summer 2023 (part 1)
I usually post my summer photo collections before heading back to Hong Kong for the winter, but sitting in front of a computer for long periods remains uncomfortable. However, I’ve been back in Hong...
View Articlefavourite photos: summer 2023 (part 2)
…continued from Part 1. There are five named rivers that flow for part of their lengths within a five-mile radius of Penrith. This is a view of the River Lowther, looking upstream from the bridge that...
View Articleokie baroquie
When Paula and I visited Switzerland last month, our itinerary was suggested by my son Siegfried, who now lives there, and a major highlight of the week was a walk around the old town section of St....
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