7. I always look up when visiting cities. We miss so much when we don't!
8. I love the water towers on the top of New York buildings and photograph them when I can.
9. I love train and ship journeys. Train journeys must be long and ship journey must take me from one place to another (no cruising!).
10. One day I want to do the train journeys from Aleppo to London via Istambul and Venice (the old Orient Express route) and the trans-Siberian with a side trip to Samarkand.
11. I love stationery, especially letter writing paper, note books and fountain pens.
12. My favorite places are the library at Othona, the beach below the Othona house in Burton Bradstock, Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, the Rialto Bridge early in the morning, the fields of Wisley when the daffodils are in bloom, any bluebell wood, the middle of the Atlantic, the impressionist section of the National Gallery, anywhere I can lie and watch the Perseus meteor shower in August, the Penbrokeshire coast, and Keith and Margot's garden.
13. I wear my father's watch, an Omega Seamaster, to continue the link! And so does James Bond! (Well, not to continue the link!)
14. When I sit in ancient churches, I hear the whisperings of the generations stretching back.
15. I have just discovered Sir John Betjemann, a first cousin three times removed, and his wonderful poetry, especially Summoned by Bells.
16. I hate stage musicals but I love them on film. Strange!
17. I loved opera as a child and then forgot it (blame it on the 60s) and now am rediscovering it!
18. The only thing I miss now that I'm diabetic is orange juice! Sigh!
19. One day I would like to walk the Pilgrims Way from Winchester to Canterbury.
20. I wish I had written the Dark is Rising. What a book!
21. My favorite sparkling wine is Prosecco, which I will drink on any occasion, especially sitting in the garden in a deckchair on a summer's afternoon.
And that's it for today!
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Wow! Even I'm learning stuff about you!
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