Canterbury: Passing the Cherry Tree

Since first going to Canterbury in the mid-1990s, I've always had a soft spot for the Cherry Tree pub, which, as the picture above shows, has been open since 1372.

If I remember correctly, the pub has a nice, strong cider on tap, but the name escapes me.

Remember doing strawberry-picking and lettuce-planting one summer just outside Canterbury, and listening to 'Eton Rifles' by the Jam on the jukebox all the time.

Hope the Cherry Tree and all the other Canterbury pubs survive the coronavirus crisis.

Kotek's Home Within a Home

Kotek's customised box where he sleeps during the day.

He constantly rearranges the paper inside and just outside the box to make himself more comfortable.

He has also chewed part of the box at the front so he can stick his head out more easily.

Staple Meal Under Almost Lockdown

Gently boiled carrots and potatoes; steamed broccoli and vegan sausage; and sauerkraut mixed with shredded/raw carrot has become my staple meal while being stuck inside during the almost lockdown situation in Warsaw/Poland (and most of Europe) due to the coronavirus situation.

Find that this meal is both fairly substantial and travels through the digestive system quite nicely. The latter is important given that I've had to give up most of the exercise I did outside.

Preston: A Beautiful Grey Building

Passed the beautiful grey building above on my way to St. Walburge's Catholic church from Preston train station.

The building was smallish with a clock face:

Despite being partly surrounded by trees, it shone out from many nondescript buildings nearby:

No matter how hard I try, I can't find any information about this building on the internet, but it deeply impressed me when visiting Preston last summer.

Galway Festival Big Top

Nice shot of the Galway International Festival big top alongside the river from last summer.

I arrived in Galway en-route to Donegal at the back end of last year's Festival with nothing being that really appealing to me.

Nice line-up this year though with The Flaming Lips and Pixies being on. Saw Pixies at Glastonbury in the late 1980s and a few years later at the G-Mex in Manchester.

Sadly, I guess that this year's Galway Festival may get cancelled due to the coronavirus (like everybody, I hope the latter clears up sooner rather than later, but I really doubt it).

Another shot of the Galway Festival big top in the background below, with a beautiful bridge in the foreground:

Shannon Airport to Galway

This is how I set off on my summer travels last year. At Warsaw Modlin, the temperature had been about 30 degrees Celsius, but it was 12 degrees and driving rain at Shannon Airport.

Still, I enjoyed the coach ride to Galway passing through small towns like the one below:
 

At Galway train station, which is next to the coach station, I sought shelter to change into my wet gear:

After a really rough night on a campsite at Old Salthill, where some French guys kindly helped me set up my tent and I returned the favour, it was a relief to encounter a calm morning:

Had to make my way to the bus stop to get to Galway city centre again, I was looking for the coach to Donegal.

Warsaw: Green Bulding at Racławicka

Really like this light green (probably an administrative) building next to Racławicka metro station in Warsaw, it just adds something to the environment.