I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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We’ve only been taking package tours since about 1998 when we went with Travel Editions to Hidden Italy. We were based in Ravenna and I seem to remember it was early in the year and that the weather was not…
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Five significant holidays
We’re off on holiday shortly and it’s going to be a big one. I’ve got myself a significant birthday so we’re off to Australia (again) via Hong Kong for the best part of 4 weeks with time in Melbourne and…
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5 places I haven’t visited yet
The waitress in the restaurant the other night asked me where I was from. I suggested she told me first which she did. She was from Bulgaria. In addition to waiting on tables she was also studying psychology at Glasgow…
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Jul 17: photo of the month
It’s been a little thin on the blog posting front and here’s a second photo of the month in a row. When I posted this on Tumblr I said it was a bit of a cliche and the purists would…
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Jun 17: photo of the month
Nothing extra special about this one but it’s a mug shot taken with my ‘fast’ lens of Peter Doyle who was one of my buddies at Churchill 1966-1969. What I like about the fast lens is the way it blurs…
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A day in the life
It’s good if Friday can be a good day. It draws a line under the week and sets the tone for the weekend. And for it to be a good day it needs a good start and that for me…
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The worst of British …
It’s been a tough 12 months and 2017 on it’s own hasn’t been much good either but two events this month struck me as exemplifying just how wrong we can get it sometimes. I may be conflating the trivial with…
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May 17: photo of the month
Another prompt posting this month. This is from Coimbra in Portugal. It’s Portugal’s premier university city so has some equivalence to Cambridge. Big difference is the enthusiasm of the students to embrace a ‘uniform’, note the student in the photo…
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Election stories III: polling day and the count
It’s an early start with my alarm set for 0530 because what were eve of poll leaflets last night are now good morning leaflets. It’s a fine morning so I’m off and running by 0600.
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Election stories II: the campaign
We started this year’s campaign pretty early of course and certainly well before all the candidates were announced. That happens about 4 weeks before Election Day itself which results in a final election push when you know with whom you’re…
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