Arts
Postcard from Taiwan
The Alishan Forest Railway runs from the coastal plain into the heart of Taiwan’s empty highlands. It was built in 1912 by the Japanese for the purpose of transporting timber from the mountains for the [more…]
Culture
America
Postcard From Canada, No 6
Kelowna had been great, everything about it, from start to finish, could hardly have been bettered but there was still more to see and do. We arrived back at The Mountain RV Park mid afternoon [more…]
Arts
Postcard From Rhas Al Khaima
A fellow Postalier, whose name escapes me (apologies), mentioned a couple of days ago that he was going to be attending a Muslim (Islamic) wedding. During a bit of banter he (or she) mentioned that [more…]
Arts
A Divided Nation
There seems to be a lack of historical perspective concerning the division of opinion in the country today. The great & the good argue, no doubt for their own benefit, it is unprecedented. The Archbishop [more…]
Arts
Arts
A Walk up to Sulber in the Yorkshire Dales
People who have done the 3 peaks will know about the Sulber Nick feature between Ingleborough and Horton in Ribblesdale. Sulber is 2.5Km west of Horton. You can see an OS map of the area [more…]
Arts
Summer – Calvin Harris
DJ MJ Redux
America
Postcard From Canada, No 5
On Day 11 of our holiday we set off from Squamish to drive the 452km to Kelowna, firstly on the Sea to Sky Highway (Route99) through Vancouver before joining the Trans Canada Highway (Route 1). [more…]
Animals
Do You Like Chillies?
In the comments which nobody reads I often post photos of my parrots. In some photos I’ve posted they’re eating chillies. Some people have asked why I feed my birds hot chillies every day and [more…]