Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Home again

Well, I've made it back home safe and sound. As always, after a really great trip, one is left with a mix of emotions - it's great being back here and seeing Nadia and my family again but there's also a whimsical feeling when I think back to the many fantastic experiences I've had over the past 7 weeks. Clambering around temples in the Cambodian jungle, wandering around Rome with Nadia, walking the Nantlle Ridge with Steve, on the trail of King Alfred in Somerset with Sue, gazing out across from the Antrim coast with John, Cathy and Chad to the Mull of Kintyre, that magical evening on the beach in Bamburgh with Lindisfarne on the horizon, that other magical evening as the weather cleared after a hard day's kayaking along the Sognefjord in the rain and the incredible next day in the Nærøyfjorden, a fun afternoon in Sweden with Dale, Janne and Noah and finally, flying with Adrian and walking with Eveline in the beautiful region around Walenstadt. Once again, thanks to everyone - I hope all of my overseas readers will be considering coming to visit this lovely part of the world so I can return the favour!