Bothy McWeevil – The Borders and Fife
As we crossed the border into Scotland, the Bothy McWeevil Thistle Garden Challenge officially opened.
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The Bothy McWeevil Thistle Garden Challenge
Tourist farming is an important economic activity in many of the communities we will be visiting on this journey. In recognition that you sometimes have to make the best of the hand that life has dealt to you, the Bothy McWeevil Thistle Garden Awards
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Kindness and Ingenuity – A Round-Up
This has turned out to be a most effective theme for the tour. To remind you of the nominations, which had to be both Kind and Ingenious:
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Hermann’s Grand Tour Experience
We did realise as we set off that this would be a “vehicle dependent expedition“.
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Views on Touring in a Time of Covid
A post where we muse on what worked well and what didn’t.
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Wash Your Lyrics
Sighted in the cloakrooms at the Bellevue hotel in Boppard – a creative handwashing reminder.
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Travel Essentials Part 2
I have mused in the past on the subject of travel essentials, but when you are touring with Hermann and his Very Large Boot, more is possible.
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The European Route of Industrial Heritage
In order for something to score highly on the #kindnessandingenuity scale, it needs to be kind as well as ingenious. And “kindness” in this context can include a desire to educate or reach or bring together a wider audience.
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Wheelchair Bicycle Converter
Augsburg seems to have more than the usual number of wheelchairs, which we suspect is because the town is very wheelchair-friendly.
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The Fuggerei (yes, really)
Today’s candidate for the #kindnessandingenuity award is a piece of social housing set up in 1516 by Jakob Fugger who combined massive business acuity with a very strong religious and social conscience.
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