A Celebration of Mundanity

We arrived late in the day to Istanbul. The taksi ride to the hotel was harrowing. We wound through impossibly narrow roads that had cars parked on both sides, traffic moving in both directions and…

Tomorrow we're heading out the door for a couple weeks of vacation with friends in Turkey! We'll be in Istanbul for a few days (our friend grew up in the Asian side of the city), then Ankara, a few…

English scones served with tea, clotted cream and jam really is a tasty tasty thing to eat. I made a batch of scones yesterday that were perfectly moist and crumbly, and so easy and so yummy to make,…

We're back from our epic canoe trip paddling down the Thames from the headwaters in Cricklade (we could start there this time of year only because of all the rain this summer). I must say, we are…

Near Mapledurham to Mill End Gmaps route: 16.6 miles We were up fairly early and particularly well rested. Although I could have easily crawled back into my warm sleeping bag and enjoyed a lazy…

Abbingdon to around Mapledurham Gmaps route: 25.3 miles Day three and still no sign of cream tea for breakfast or ice cream as a treat. Despite the rude awakening of the fire alarm in the night and…

Carswell Marsh to Abbingdon Gmaps route: 28.47 miles We woke up to a world soaked in dew, it hadn't rained, but everything so wet it might as well have. As we decrinkled ourselves little did we know…

Cricklade to near Carswell Marsh Gmaps route: 21.5 miles As we set off this morning, our spirits and morale were high, we were excited about this adventure in true Denovich style. One that sounds,…

The plan has only just crystallized in the past hour, but Mark and I will be heading out tomorrow morning to paddle 80 miles of the Thames River, starting where the navigable waters begin and ending…

Remember this High Dynamic Range image Mark took, combining three separate photos of Stonehenge on nearly the shortest day of the year into one to extract the most amount of detail: We were contacted…