Sid and Doris Bonkers and their Epic Journeys
"Everybody is normal until you get to know them"
Architecture – Bottoms – Adjectives – Rivers 1. A new school of architecture We have been observing with interest a type of architecture called “You can build a whole building with this!” Mainly used for purveyors of building material, easy examples are concrete works and marble/limestone quarries. An early winner was a maker of concrete pipes and half-pipes, whose HQ…
Read moreBig roads vs little roads – the human perception of slopes – potholes1. Big roads are boring but little roads always seem to be hard Every so often we take a step back from the Epic Journey, and we muse that the problem with Epic Journeys is that you tend to whizz through places on the straightest road you can…
Read moreRubbish – Donk-o – Disappearing cutlery – The Arm-o Challenge – Still more reasons not to compete in the Tour de France Oh gosh it is nice to be back on the open road again. Time to put the brain back into neutral and see what happens. 1. What a load of rubbish.Going out of Budoni yesterday Sid observed how…
Read moreYou may be able to work out the tune to this one. A versatile little number with plenty of room for improvisation, and the tune is easy enough that you can shout it out while going along. Look what they’ve done to my road, MaLook what they’ve done to my road.Well they’ve built the road straight up the hillIt makes…
Read moreAn explanation of this seemingly self-explanatory hashtag.When I was on the boat down the Danube with Doris’s Knee Problem I got talking to Anna and Alistair, and Anna introduced me to the concept of #bestviewedfrombelow. Originally it referred laughingly to anything that was Way Up There when you were viewing it from the river-level comfort of your floating restaurant/hotel/chill zone. …
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In which Sid and Doris create a route from Sardinia to Santander on a relaxed timeline with only a few smallish obstacles remaining.
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Doris writes on her oft-ignored mantra: “See it. Do it.”
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In which Philosopher Doris considers: Vegetation – Road Signs – The Sweet Smell of the Strimmer – Road Laying Machines – Roofrack Of The Day
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In which Doris publishes some thoughts about food. The right food in the right place – Is it dinner time yet? – Would you like a coffee with that, sir? – Have you done your homework? – Self catering? Really?
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In which Doris considers hot air hand dryers, more reasons not to compete in the Tour de France, vending machines, stones on the roof, Major Bumsore, The Milestone Question and prevailing winds, truly.
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