Adventures in the Czech Republic

Today saw the funeral in Prague of my friend Hannah. I didn't go, I daren't - I drove for nine hours yesterday and a similar time t...

Two years ago my husband and I watched the carp harvest at Lake Olsina near our house. This time I came with Salamander and stayed at her ...

With the temperatures in the 90s the Czechs are taking to the rivers and lakes. Cesky Krumlov and the Vltava River, that flows through it, a...

One afternoon I was sat with Salamander at her house looking out across the river when suddenly a thunderstorm formed. The sky went black an...

Happy Christmas! I photographed this rather chirpy looking sheep decoration in Ceske Budejovice last Christmas. I am now in England until ju...

My friend and I were driving along the road that skirts the edge of Lake Olsina the other day, when we noticed these birds in the water some...

When I was first looking for a place to buy, I looked at a derelict cottage on the edge of the lake at Olsina. The two storey ruin is still ...