Messrs Bailey & Lyle

We were delighted to receive Messrs Bailey & Lyle last month. They arrived one Thursday evening in a gleaming pistachio people carrier, fresh from adventures in California, and we enjoyed their company whilst they grimly suffered ours for five days, before we bid them farewell in the sand dunes south of Florence. The Simons are terrific sports and we heartily recommend them as travelling companions both individually and as a collective. We could do with more civilised company in these parts, for it's own sake but also as an excuse to get out and enjoy all the wonderful places around us that otherwise pass us by. Here follows a small collection of photos from their visit; the full set can be found here. My only regret is that we did not have an opportunity to visit Tony Starlight's Supper Club. Still, there's always next time.


Up a certain creek.


The lower punchbowl falls, as viewed from midstream with extremely cold feet.


Simon Bailey poses besides Tunnel Falls, the turnaround point for this 12 mile hike.


A deer. I actually photographed a wild deer. Next stop National Geographic!


Meanwhile, at the beach, pelicans!


And a sea-lion taking a nap in Newport Harbor.


Simon Lyle photographs the bridge at across Yaquina Bay.


Mr Lyle flies a kite whilst My Bailey instructs Ethan in the science of sandcastle engineering.




A fun-times-at-the-beach montage!