Sid and Doris Bonkers and their Epic Journeys
"Everybody is normal until you get to know them"
I know you have been waiting for these eagerly. Recently we have had a bit of a language mismatch, starting with the famous “Y Viva Sardinia”. I’m going down the road againY viva SardiniaAnd I’m getting the Costa Smelda planeY viva SardiniaAnd I’m cycling to the Cote d’AzurY viva SardiniaAnd I’m drinking mohitos by the scoreSardinia more and moreSardinia more…
Read moreMifter Bat says:Doris has just been posting about weasels and squirrels and it has reminded me of one of the beftest jokes ever:What is the difference between a weasel and a stoat?No, go on, have a gueff, I am not going to give the anfer away without you trying…Wrong!!!A weasel is weaselly recognifed and a stoat is stotally different!Ha ha…
Read moreAs I mentioned in the Wildlife Update post, most of the interesting wildlife we see – and actually, now we think of it, 100% of the mammals – is/are dead*. So here are some observations. From early on until we entered France we saw at least 3 (dead – assume everything in this post is dead) hedgehogs every day. In…
Read moreIn the whole Epic Trip, this is the first country where we’ve actually cycled here before. So the Dorisian free-ranging mind has memories to draw on as well as its usual free association. 1. Old building adverts. I love them. I think eccentric art collectors should be buying up these buildings and shipping them home. 2. Santons. These could be…
Read moreArchitecture – 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 moreMifter Bat says:Hi there! I have been learning French or as you say how to parlay frog. But I have been very furprifed to see signs advertising “Degustation Ventes”. Disgusting winds! People fay that about me but I don’t put it on posters! Oh also I have thought of a Joke. This is All My Joke and I am very…
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. …
Read moreSee it. Do it. This is a really important rule, and is perfect for Regret Prevention. Do not go past something you want to do (buy, eat, photograph etc) and think “wow that is really great, next time I see one of those I will do/buy/eat/photograph it. Because there won’t be another opportunity. This applies even if you have seen…
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