In Pursuit of a Bear

  Greetings to all following the Covid pandemic that is now history to most of us. For me, it was a turning point and I find myself moving in another direction and onto new adventures. When Covid reared its head, I was working for a humanitarian organisation based in Iraq but with programmes in North East Syria that we could visit only sporadically. I tried to get back to Cyprus but airports and airlines were closing rapidly and the prospect of a 48 hour transit in Cairo seemed pretty dire. Instead, I asked a good friend in Beverley, East Yorks if I could stay for a couple of weeks or so until Covid was over.  Needless to say, Liz and Keith made me so welcome I stayed. After my humanitarian contract ended I split my time between the NHS and dog walking. This was two years ago. Since then I have met Steve, who shares a love of travelling and we have just embarked on a 6 month tour. We visited Split in Croatia where we found a lovely Airbnb in a grand old house, on the third flo...