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Time lapse Travel blog
In June 1990, I set out on a year-long backpacking trip around the world. I kept a log of my experiences, and share this now in real time – just 30 years late! Why not fasten your seatbelt and join me on my round-the world adventure!
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Thoughts on losing a chunk of weight for the first time in decades!
I’ve been ‘trying to lose weight’ for the last 30+ years with just the occasional, short-lived success. And suddenly I am almost three stone lighter in the space of just six months! This dramatic result is not due to discovering a Holy Grail of a diet, but to a pesky gallstone. One which has been…
Empty nest
I admit it, I occasionally shout at the radio when driving. It could be a news item, someone waxing lyrical about something or other, or even a bad piece of music.But only once have I ever screamed aloud at the speaker, stamped my fists on the steering wheel, and wanted to pull over and call…
Surfing the Clouds – a novel
Prologue June 18 1990 The rain almost drowned out the sound of retching coming from the cubbyhole in the corner, laughingly described by the manager as an ensuite. Almost but not quite. Carrie shuddered, feeling a sudden chill despite the humid heat in the room. It was quite dark, the thick stone walls pierced by…
Pelourinho
Thirty one years after visiting Pelourinho in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, we finally got a poster commemorating a concert by the band Olodum framed. I am sharing this story on the anniversary of their concerts – which included a night I will never forget for all the wrong reasons! I could feel him…
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