Pete from Tasmania

Hello from a fellow Vincentian in Arizona, USA, Pete!  We had our first visit to the British Isles in 2007 and are hoping to go at least by next year, if not this year.  We visited North Yorkshire and West Ireland as well.  The list you posted of your favorite places is pretty close to mine, although, like Peg suggested, East Anglia looks fabulous if the pics of Norfolk and Suffolk on this site are anything to go by.  Glad you found POE and hope to see some of your pictures soon.

Thanks Ruth. May I suggest this site if you travel to North Yorkshire again.www.egtonbanksfarm.agriplus.net It is a B&B run by Ann & Tony Richardson. Tony is a musician and has a DVD called "Tony Richards Beautiful North Yorkshire". Very professionally done and a wonderful tribute to the area. I have corresponded with Tony and Ann since 2000 Lovely people!

 I agree East Anglia certainly does look good!

Hi Pete:

I just checked out the website - the place looks fabulous, and it's near my favorite town of Whitby.  Thank for the tip.

Hi Pete..G'day &  welcome to a fine crowd ! You fellows on Tasmania have the most fragrant and flavourful honey I've ever tasted! The Leatherwood Honey.

A few years ago, I wished to return to Australia.. loved the country ( Queensland and N.T.) and hoped to meet a sweetheart there.. so I thought of placing an ad in the 'Husband Wanted' column...in the Alice Springs Chronicle

"Wanted, nice smelling sheepdrover with Land Rover! send photo of vehicle"

cheers and thanks for actors Yahoo Serious~ ( The Young Einstein~ the theory of relativity, origins of rock and roll and how bubbles get into beer and Ned Kelly films) and Paul Hogan~ Crocodile Dundee.. the reason I went to Australia ~

Anna

Thanks Richard... Anna... the"Alice Springs Cronicle"? How many replies did you get? What about "spoilt son of rich station owners wishing to marry shy Canadian socialite who could teach him about life outside a large Aussie cattle station"!!

As I write this it's Weet bix and Stephens' Leatherwood honey for breakfast!!

Peter~                         

                                                          Saga, A History.

I was in Whitehorse a few years ago...and my neighbours had been given a bottle of honey that was 'unpalatable' to their tender tongues... so, they offered me the bottle...nothing would be sadder than to see the last spoonful of Leatherwood go down the hatch. I carefully, reverently, washed the container and protected the red and yellow? label so it would be preserved forever...and used then for  the humble pencil/pen jar... but when I moved to Dawson, the loyal Tasmanian traveller was tossed into the recyle bin for 'clear glass' at Raven Recycling.

Sometimes, when I hear the rustle of the gum trees here on the west coast of the colonies,I think back to those halcyon days in mid winter north of 60, when the sun shone from the blossoms of Tasmania....and all was well.

Now and then, as I search the aisles in the grocery stores.. an 'Australian Red' honey shows up..... but,

its just not the same.