10 Weeks in a Box - Day 26

Salmon Falls on my Tonguel

“… As the third day of August unfurled before us, we left Alness to head for the small hamlet of Tongue, a mouth-watering prospect, on the Northern Scottish coast. Along the way, quite by accident, we found the Falls of Shin, a fast series of Rapids and Falls cutting through a small rocky gorge…”

Struie Hill, Scotland

On Planet Goodaboom, you can read our travel tale and see the corresponding photos and more of the travel sketches in pastel and ink.
You can also see there my Watercolour Travel Sketches

10 Weeks in a Box - Day 25

Loch, Stock and Barrel

“… The next day proved to be a veritable feast of Lochside travel, partly circumnavigating Loch Laggan. We travelled along the A82 towards Inverness and about ten miles North East of Fort William, near Spean Bridge, we came upon the Magnificent Commando memorial standing proud in the Highlands…”

Loch Lochy, Scotland

On Planet Goodaboom, you can read our travel tale and see the corresponding photos and more of the travel sketches in pastel and ink.
You can also see there my Watercolour Travel Sketches

10 Weeks in a Box - Day 24

Feels Like Heaven

“…Undeterred, we rose at the crack of noon and headed for Perth, stopping off for a bit of a clothes and shoes buying session, resulting in Miki looking pretty in pink and me the proud owner of some groovy footwear and a Fender guitar belt. Very Rock’n’Roll. We don’t go shopping very often, but when we do, we tend to get a bit carried away… “

Loch Laggan, Scotland

On Planet Goodaboom, you can read our travel tale  and see the corresponding photos and more of the travel sketches in pastel and ink.
You can also see there my Watercolour Travel Sketches

10 Weeks in a Box - Day 23

Take the High Road

“… The next morning we were off again, and Miki remarked how the scenery was changing and becoming, in some subtle way, more Northern. Bleak was a word that sprang into my mind…”

On the Way to Scotland, England

On Planet Goodaboom, you can read our travel tale and see the corresponding photos and more of the travel sketches in pastel and ink.
You can also see there my Watercolour Travel Sketches

10 Weeks in a Box - Day 22

Father to Son

“… Having breakfasted, I roused my son Corey from his slumber with a quick text, and told him to meet us in town around lunchtime. I figured even a 15 year old could summon enough energy by then to get up and catch a bus!
Arrangements made, Miki and I headed into Wakefield to do a bit of second hand book searching. It was strange, Miki, my present and future, here in Wakefield, a symbol of my past, it was like two worlds colliding…”

Wakefield, England

On Planet Goodaboom, you can read our travel tale and see the corresponding photos and more of the travel sketches in pastel and ink.
You can also see there my Watercolour Travel Sketches

10 Weeks in a Box - Day 21

Youlgreave and Plague Graves

“… The next morning, I even had time to help Dad put together a garden bench I’d bought for him back when God was a lad. We had spent the night on the driveway, very odd somehow, but we used up Dad’s yearly water allowance by filling our tanks, and had the lunatic fridge on mains hook up during our stay, so things were looking good…”

Peak District, England

On Planet Goodaboom, you can read our travel tale and see the corresponding photos and more of the travel sketches in pastel and ink.
You can also see there my Watercolour Travel Sketches

10 Weeks in a Box - A hole in time!

You may well ask…Indeed if you have been asking yourself what has happened to “Ten Weeks in a Box” Miki and Kev Moore’s Travel tale, it’s just taking a short break, while Miki completes an important Art commission, but rest assured it will return next Monday, picking up where they left off in Derby.

In the meantime, why don’t you pop on over to The Coffee Cup Club and join in with the conversation and maybe post an entry there yourself.
Or, with Halloween coming up, why not scare yourself to death with Kev´s new tale for All Hallows Eve; “Pumpkin Number Six”? You can also find another couple of creepy tales there!

10 Weeks in a Box - Day 20

Birthdays and Salad Days

“… So we lazily meandered towards Derby on July 28th, for my Dad’s birthday.
As the distance grew shorter I began to see more and more familiar sights from my youth. Driving through well-known brewing town of Burton-upon-Trent, I pointed out to Miki the College I used to attend at the tender age of seventeen, and the memories of those times came flooding back…”

Mickleover, England

On Planet Goodaboom, you can read our travel tale and see the corresponding photos and more of the travel sketches in pastel and ink.
You can also see there my Watercolour Travel Sketches

10 Weeks in a Box - Day 19

Midlands Monkey Business

“… The next day as we manoeuvred the beast that is the Boomobile to leave, we noticed that the entrance to the car-park was now under a foot of water. The swans were expanding their territory as the waters invaded further into the town. Definitely time to leave. ´There comes a time in the tide of the affairs of man, which, if taken at the flood, leave you with a very wet motorhom` I think someone once nearly said… “

Nowhere, England

On Planet Goodaboom, you can read our travel tale and see the corresponding photos and more of the travel sketches in pastel and ink.
You can also see there my Watercolour Travel Sketches

10 Weeks in a Box - Day 18

Motorhoming; As you like it!

“… The next morning we decided to skirt as close as we dared to Oxford, driving through Banbury, catching a glimpse of a delightful statue immortalising the “Fine lady upon a white horse” who rode to Banbury Cross; the words to the old children’s nursery rhyme carved around the base. Finally, we reached today’s destination; Stratford upon Avon, the bard’s birthplace… “

Stratford, England

On Planet Goodaboom, you can read our travel tale and see the corresponding photos and more of the travel sketches in pastel and ink.
You can also see there my Watercolour Travel Sketches