It's been another busy couple of weeks, including a trip to Adelaide to attend the Writers' Festival (as an audience member) which I will write about later. When I returned from that I only had to re-pack my (unworn) clean clothes for a weekend up in the Hunter Valley of NSW. That's best known as … Continue reading Misguided Misfits in Miskolc and Other Places
Abroad
Back in 2013 this blog started its life as 55 Days with Gwen – the story of two months travelling the Balkans with our good friends Jay and Waddy.
Since then, it has grown to include much more.
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Threshing Wheat at Lasithi, 1979
After I published yesterday's post about the Plateau of Lasithi I remembered I had some photos that were probably taken on that day, because as I mentioned previously, the plateau is a fertile farming area. All the photos are very aged, but they do demonstrate some interesting techniques, so here we go . . . As … Continue reading Threshing Wheat at Lasithi, 1979
Plonked on the Plateau of Lasithi
Just after my accident on the moped and just before I went off on my next adventure (which I am yet to write about - because I want to maintain the suspense) I went off on a day trip with another girl to the Plateau of Lasithi. (I'm still on Crete, 1979). The plateau was (is?) … Continue reading Plonked on the Plateau of Lasithi
GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree 