The penultimate post on my travel retrospective, in which I've been travelling in my mind while my physical self remains sat in a chair in my living room. York, England: York is a wonderful place to visit because it combines several layers of English history in one small space: Viking history, medieval history, Victorian history… Continue reading Travel A to Z – Y
Yes, it's been a week of much excitement, a whole week off work! Not that I went very far as we are still in lockdown. But it has been fun to sit in another room and look at some different walls instead of my work screens and the walls of my 'office'. Actually I did… Continue reading Hi ho holiday week (12.21)
You were probably wonder how I was going to handle a tricky letter like X, but don't worry, I fully admit that I'm going to cheat here. Oxford, England In my first visit here back in (scratches head and thinks hard) 1997, I was sure you could still stick your head into the colleges and… Continue reading Travel A to Z – X
West Bay, England It was my sister's idea to go here. She had seen the TV series Broadchurch and wanted to see the beach and cliffs where the body was found. So we planned a convoluted route that would take us to Cornwall via West Bay (I'll make a small point here that these two… Continue reading Travel A to Z – W
I'm nearly at the end of my alphabetic tour through travel memories and I'm glad, although I have also enjoyed travelling back in my mind and reliving good - and sometimes not so good - moments. Venice, Italy Venice is beautiful, to visit is like walking into a painting. You've seen it in movies and… Continue reading Travel A to Z – V
Today's travel recollections are brought to you by the letter U. U is for unwell it seems. Still, into every traveller's life a little unwellness must fall. Udaipur, India: The restaurant had a lovely setting, a green patch of grass surrounded by shaded terraces. Not that shade was needed in the evening. The tables were… Continue reading Travel A to Z – U
Twenty letters in to the A to Z of travel memories and memories in the planning and I am flagging somewhat. Especially knowing I have lots of tricky letters still to come. But T? T should be straightforward. Trinidad, Cuba We arrived in Trinidad and drove to the address of a casa particulare (B&B) listed… Continue reading Travel A to Z – T
Travel can be a state of mind, but it can also be a state of the stomach too. Thinking back about Sicily has made me hungry all over again. Sicily, Italy: I remember Sicily through food more than any of the things we saw there. If you go, be prepared to experience the island through… Continue reading Travel A to Z – S
I can't believe I forgot to talk about cassettes last week, as the world marked the death of Lou Ottens, the inventor of the cassette tape. Cassettes were a big part of the music culture of my youth. Yes, you could buy an album by your favourite artist in cassette format, but more likely you… Continue reading Blast from the past (11.21)
As we creep on through the alphabet, I'm realising what a task I've set myself, writing six travel posts a week. But I've made it all the way to R, so I can't stop now. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: I did not expect my time in Rio to be soundtracked by the sounds of 70s… Continue reading Travel A to Z – R
