Hello all,
IÂ’m back from a very enjoyable trip to the Bordeaux region of France where we managed to catch an almost a perfect week of sunshine, fine food, excellent wine tastings and some challenging mountain bike rides. Ile de Ré http://www.holidays-iledere.co.uk/ made for a relaxing weekend by the coast before we headed inland, towards St Foy le Grande and a friendÂ’s converted barn. It was an excellent escape throughout and the only mishap came as I slid off my bike as I sped too cockily round a gravel covered corner – I was very quickly reminded about the foolishness of not concentrating at all times J
Compared with my gentle trip though, eNewsletter readers & contributors have been very busy themselves during the last month or so…planning and organising travel on a wider, more adventurous scale:-
- Jennifer Barclay who first went to South Korea in 2000 and travelled around the country for three months before writing MEETING MR KIM: OR HOW I WENT TO KOREA AND LEARNED TO LOVE KIMCHI, published last year. This year, in late September, she went back and was able to visit Jeju Island (Jeju-do), south of the mainland — and had an unexpected encounter with the famous diving women – her article below, Write in (1), is an excellent & personal account.
- The club itself has new branch starting up in Chester (UK), enthusiastically organised by Hanna Bastiaansen and actively supported by the Committee…see Write in (2) for further details of its first meeting
- travel shows in London are getting ready for their busy season in the New Year and the first to come to our attention is perhaps one of the largest – DestinationsÂ’ details are listed below in Write in (3)
ThatÂ’s all for now – thank you for all your contributions this time round…IÂ’ve even been able to keep a few interesting items back for the next edition. Keep travelling & keep writing…
The Ant