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A Postcard From India; The Food

14th February 2023 Colin Cross 3

You’ll have heard all the scare stories, especially if you’ve travelled to the Middle East, Eastern Europe or Asia; before we set off I lost count of the number of people who warned me about [more…]

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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part Three

1st February 2023 Going Postal 1

7th December – At Sea I can hardly believe that today is the 7th day of my cruise time is flying by. We are heading on a course of 244°, approximately south westerly and it [more…]

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A Postcard From A Long Cruise, Part Two

25th January 2023 Going Postal 1

December 1st. – Sailing day. Well, I think I have done everything. Case packed, car filled with petrol, papers cancelled, all the paperwork printed off and in an A4 envelope in my hand luggage, passport [more…]

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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part One

18th January 2023 Going Postal 0

Being single and with no very close family, Christmas is not an easy holiday. I get invited to stay with cousins, but I have often felt like an outsider as they all have children and [more…]

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A Postcard From India; Goa

17th January 2023 Colin Cross 0

Another long day of travelling, including two longish taxi rides and two internal flights, via Hyderabad, saw us arrive in Cavelossim. The journey to the airport in Goa, through the last of the “rush hour” [more…]

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Postcard from Woke Central, Part Two

11th January 2023 SharpieType301 0

Part One of this postcard looked at the challenges I faced in making this once-in-a-lifetime trip to Cambridge. Boy, what a lot of fun I had but, despite all the angst, I made it. This [more…]

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Postcard from Woke Central, Part One

4th January 2023 SharpieType301 1

In September this year, I received an invitation to a symposium in Cambridge. This was to be held in December, in celebration of the decades of amazing scientific achievements that my old boss has initiated, [more…]

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Postcard from Texas

1st January 2023 Going Postal 0

Introductory sweeping generalisations Well, yeehah y’all! Just a few words to bring you an update on the second biggest state in the USA. They say there are three seasons in Texas: July, August and summer. [more…]

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Postcard from Aberystwyth

5th December 2022 Going Postal 1

In September it was our 29th wedding anniversary and we decided it would be good to celebrate by spending a couple of nights away somewhere.  As is usual, it was my job to organise these [more…]

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