by Rob Caskie | Oct 13, 2018 | News
Italy has been a revelation on so many levels. Litter, what litter? The places we have visited have been spotlessly free of litter. Elevation. So many towns and villages are situated on hilltops or high on hillsides. We are unsure whether this has to do with...
by Rob Caskie | Oct 11, 2018 | News
Florence has a population of 400 000, yet hosts 7 million tourists annually. I wonder how that makes a local feel, especially pulling a grocery trolley along the cobbled, narrow sidewalks wrestling hordes of foreigners? Nevertheless, we pulled our cases along the same...
by Rob Caskie | Oct 11, 2018 | News
After what has been our best UK lecture tour in history, there is so much to be grateful for. We took the train south from Edinburgh to Reading, yet still racked up 1800 miles or 2880 km in the burnt orange Citroen C3. The past week found us in Suffolk, York,...
by Rob Caskie | Oct 1, 2018 | News
IT IS NOT HAPPY PEOPLE WHO ARE THANKFUL, IT IS THANKFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY. This lecture tour began in Scotland, with 3 nights in an apartment on St Andrew’s Square off Prince’s Street. The tail end off the US hurricanes produced some heavy weather, and with it all...
by Rob Caskie | Sep 3, 2018 | News
After the dreadful drought over much of the country, some areas have received good rains and dams are generally at better levels than two years ago. Many regions are still desperate for rain and drought relief; here’s hoping this Spring improves their lot. This...
by Rob Caskie | Jul 24, 2018 | News
Cape Town appeared impossibly green after recent good rains, and we loved being back in the Mother City. The following weekend special clients, Jaguar Land Rover in Durban, planned a weekend at Three Tree Hill Lodge. Along with the battlefield tours, nature walks and...
