Day 0: Chepstow

1.9 miles. Arrived Chepstow as planned, mid-afternoon and fairly fatigued from three days of trans-oceanic and trans-continental travel. We found St Anne’s House, a tidy, white, three-story home close to the river, without too much difficulty, especially considering we had no street map and most of the street names weren’t signed!

We spent the remainder of the afternoon exploring Chepstow Castle and walking out to Sedbury Cliff, the official start of the Offs’s Dyke trail. Doing so knocked off 2-3 miles from our first day’s mileage  Continue reading “Day 0: Chepstow”

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A woodworking experiment

About a year ago my parents mailed me a Henckels fork they’ve had for years.  The handle was rotting off and could I replace it?

Fork with old, rotten scales
Fork with old, rotten scales

After reviewing a lot of online material on the art of knife-handle making, I felt ready to give it a try.

First the old handle had to come off. I used the side that was still intact as a guide for the new handle. Continue reading “A woodworking experiment”

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Returning Already

Well, posting on a regular basis didn’t go quite as I’d hoped or planned. The internet service at the dive resort wasn’t free (as advertised in multiple locations) and was pricey enough that I opted not to spend a lot of time attempting to update the blog, and our Western Highlands lodging had no service at all. So, in a nutshell:

The diving in Milne Bay was essentially everything it was cracked up to to be: healthy, vibrant reefs with a huge biomass of fish and inverts and visibility that ranged from good (by our Unalaska standards) to unbelievable. The only minor disappointment Continue reading “Returning Already”

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