I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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Oops this is a bit late. Not sure why, no good reasons. This is Ragussa in Sicily on our walk down to the old town on the last evening of our recent holiday. I took this with my Sony SLT-A58…
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Grandparents and how they define you
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There was a lady on the radio talking about grandparents. The point was of course that they were a mixed bunch and that’s what defined her: a mix of four different cultural connections. That got me thinking. How do my…
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5 memorable railway journeys
It seems like a truism that everybody likes trains. Maybe not commuter type trains but long distance ones that take you on a journey. For some reason people don’t really like buses; maybe it’s because buses get stuck in traffic.
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Sep 16: photo of the month
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The National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carmarthen is a quite magical place with quiet water, the world’s largest single-spanned glasshouse and Paxton’s Tower, framed by ‘pi’ by Rawleigh Clay, in the distance.
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My list of five hotels
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I stayed at the RAF Club in London this week. The location is super, on Piccadilly at the Hyde Park Corner end and overlooking Green Park, it’s steeped in RAF culture, my room, albeit a single, ticked all the boxes…
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Tour guides I have loved and not …
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in vacationsWe’ve only been taking package tours since about 1998 when we went with Travel Editions to Hidden Italy. We were based in Padua and I seem to remember it was early in the year and that the weather was not…
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Aug 16: photo of the month
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in photosSometimes it’s all about the content on an emotional level. This is number one granddaughter Amelia with father, and my son-in-law, Alex sat on the bank of the Wharf in Wetherby by the bandstand.
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F3: my five favourite fish
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I was sat in front of the bio enjoying a late supper of salmon, it’s my preferred late night dish, and got to reflecting on my diet which is maybe 50% fish. Given that which are my favourites?
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Samsung: cynical approach to recycling
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We’ve got some super Samsung technology in our house. A couple of TV screens, yes I confess to having a TV on the wall in the kitchen, my wife’s got a Samsung tablet and most recently I bought an excellent…
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Jul 16: photo of the month
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Sometimes the best photos are the easiest ones because someone’s already done the work for you. And at the same time you can make a statement.
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