Diary

Thursday, 15 January, 2015
I’d been suffering from a heavy cold for almost two weeks by now, so it wasn’t particularly surprising that I stood on the platform of the station realising exactly what I’d forgotten to pack…
Friday, 16 January, 2015
The first decent night’s sleep in nearly a fortnight was brought to an abrupt end by the church on the hill opposite starting to sound the quarter hours from 7am onwards…
Saturday, 17 January, 2015
A quick breakfast and then out of the hotel down to the harbour to pick up the open-top sightseeing tour bus of the island…
Sunday, 18 January, 2015
Breakfast completed and all checked out of the hotel I caught the bus over to Xaghra to visit the stunning pre-historic site of Ggantija…
Saturday, 13 October, 2018
Yet another crack of dawn flight from Gatwick, yet another overnight airport stay…
Sunday, 14 October, 2018
Overnight the weather had taken a bit of a turn for the worse…
Monday, 15 October, 2018
By the morning the storm had blown itself out and the skies were clear with bright sunshine…
Tuesday, 16 October, 2018
We had a late breakfast and checkout and then asked about getting a taxi down to the harbour…
Wednesday, 17 October, 2018
The timing of the flight was such that there wasn’t any time to do anything today…