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Cruising From Malta, Part Three

15th July 2024 Going Postal 2502 Comments

Day 7 Wednesday – At sea The best night’s sleep so far and they have all been good! It’s surprising how tiring sitting in the fresh air can be. After dinner last night I popped [more…]

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Cruising From Malta, Part Two

8th July 2024 Going Postal 2166 Comments

Day 3 – Saturday – Mykonos I woke up and saw that it was a couple of minutes before six, and the sun was shining, the sky was cloudless and the sea like a mirror. [more…]

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Cruising From Malta, Part One

2nd July 2024 Going Postal 2829 Comments

I won’t bother taking you through all the preliminaries for this cruise except to say this time I choose to fly to Malta to pick up the cruise ship, P&O Azura. It cuts out a [more…]

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Postcard From Peter Hitchens, Part Five

18th May 2024 Always Worth Saying 1789 Comments

I’ve been following Daily Mail columnist and author Peter Hitchens – literally. The surprise being we only recently fell into correspondence. Both of us are keen on railways and church, enjoyed minor public school and [more…]

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An English to English Dictionary

7th May 2024 Going Postal 2196 Comments

I have long wondered if a dictionary existed that translates the bastardised version of the English language used in America to our original version. That bloke Webster has a lot to answer for, compiling his [more…]

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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Four

7th February 2024 Going Postal 2480 Comments

Day 10 – 31st December – New Year’s Eve and it’s still Antigua I didn’t expect to be in beautiful Antigua again today, but I can think of worse places to be. It’s another lovely [more…]

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Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Three

31st January 2024 Going Postal 2070 Comments

26th December – Boxing Day, La Romana, Dominican Republic I have only visited the Dominican Republic once before, when I stayed in an all-inclusive hotel in Puerto Plata many years ago and enjoyed it. Puerto [more…]

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The Return of the Native

30th January 2024 SharpieType301 1784 Comments

Sorry to disappoint the diehard Thomas Hardy fans amongst you, but this has nothing at all to do with Clym Yeobright, Egdon Heath and the heathlands of Wessex, nor the love tangles and tragedies he [more…]

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Postcard from Saint Agnes

29th January 2024 Going Postal 1863 Comments

I suppose the best way to start this article is to say it has almost nothing to do with St Agnes, the patron saint of girls, although rather weirdly I am unintentionally writing it on [more…]

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