It was tipping it down when the alarm woke us up. The alarm has been getting far too much use recently but this time it was not to get an early bus, we were hoping to go on a walk. 'Hoping' as the current rain was an issue, however going by the din on the roof I couldn't see it keeping it up and decided to get ready. Liz on the other hand was not convinced and stayed in bed. Forget nuts when you look at bird feeders in Solento - they have Hummingbirds and 'nect...

We survived Armenia without being bitten to death, we did the right thing getting a taxi to take us to a nice hotel - in fact we had a really good sleep. First thing, we went across to a place serving breakfast, all we could find to eat yesterday was crisps. Liz tried a new strategy of avoiding meat, just say we don't like the taste of meat. They understood this reasoning and we settled down to scrambled eggs with vegetables without much fuss. In a strange sor...