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19th Century

A Gem From The Golden Age of Coffee

17th February 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Despite finding San Salvador to be a much more pleasant place than expected, we shall strike into the provinces and catch our breath in a guest room in the sticks. En route, we shall allow [more…]

Authoritarianism

The World’s Coolest Dictator

10th February 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Puffins arriving at San Salvador’s Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport crouching down to avoid the gunfire and running through the terminal building with their case over their head to deflect shattering glass may be [more…]

Eating

Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Four

7th February 2024 Going Postal 0

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…]

14th Century

Postcard from Berkeley Castle

5th February 2024 Going Postal 0

Berkeley Castle is located in the town of Berkeley in Gloucestershire and just a few miles from Reggie Towers.  It’s a place I’ve visited a number of times and most recently when my brother stayed [more…]

Travel

Postcard From Keflavik

4th February 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Art and the terminal Puffins who can see an enviably empty airport car park in the middle of nowhere with the skeleton of a nosedived B-52 embedded in the tarmac embarrassingly far from any runway, [more…]

Eating

Caribbean Christmas 2023/24, Part Three

31st January 2024 Going Postal 0

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 0

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…]

Arts

Postcard from Saint Agnes

29th January 2024 Going Postal 0

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…]

Travel

Postcard from Iceland

27th January 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

A fat lot of help the Sultan of Oman was. About as much use as a chocolate teapot in the Al Hararis Plain during the hottest hour of an Omani desert day. Creepy sleepy sniffy [more…]

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