tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post8031796094662397990..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: edge, carnations, coincidenceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-6097792100471635412009-09-28T11:58:08.187+01:002009-09-28T11:58:08.187+01:00The coincidences of location seem to happen all th...The coincidences of location seem to happen all the time in Perth (W. Australia) when we visit our expatriate daughter.<br />I sometimes got the impression that most of Kent must have emigrated at some time.Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-84914135362089740302009-09-27T12:06:20.285+01:002009-09-27T12:06:20.285+01:00M-L Next time, we won't assume that a train to...M-L Next time, we won't assume that a train to London is a better better bet than investigating more of TW.<br /><br />L. We have often thought of it, as one does on holiday. But it is good to be home with books and things.<br /><br />BB Distances seem to be shrinking everywhere. Perhaps it is the web but I am less surprised now by coincidence of time and place than I used ot be.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-59967453939195430192009-09-27T11:53:33.623+01:002009-09-27T11:53:33.623+01:00Delightful.Delightful.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-43331159098244513422009-09-27T11:08:52.821+01:002009-09-27T11:08:52.821+01:00Distances seem to shrink in the Antipodes. On one ...Distances seem to shrink in the Antipodes. On one of our NZ tours we were staying in a B&B in Alexandra, more or less in the centre of South Island. "Where's your next stop?" asked our host. We said Te Anau further south. "Oh that will be the Pines; I sold John Pine a pair of trousers." When we were ensconced with the Pines they too asked where we were going. The answer was Wanaka. "Staying with the Smiths? The family has thousands of acres of farmland. Their spread would make ours look like a a market garden." And so on. A bit different from Kingston-upon-Thames. As we drove away for the last time, after a twenty-year stay, I reflected we knew the names of the neighbours on either side of us in Tudor Drive and nobody else. I imagined someone saying: "Did you know the Bondens have moved?" and being answered "Who were the Bondens?"Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-24762440435990102312009-09-27T10:24:02.907+01:002009-09-27T10:24:02.907+01:00But are you sure you shouldn't perhaps be movi...But are you sure you shouldn't perhaps be moving to Sitges?Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-86653613675793356022009-09-26T18:20:27.928+01:002009-09-26T18:20:27.928+01:00How delightful to make friends with the restaurant...How delightful to make friends with the restaurant owner, another gardener. <br /><br />Ah, Tunbridge Wells is in the eyes of other travelers too! Next time, and I hope there is one, we plan to tour the town a bit more. So much more to see in England. Our daughter and granddaughters are flying back to London in a week after spending two months here - it will suddenly be very quiet.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com