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Notables Indésirables En Route to Montreux

4th February 2023 Always Worth Saying 2424 Comments

As we continue our clockwise drive around Lake Geneva our first and brief port of call is Lausanne, the capital and largest city in the French-speaking Swiss canton of Vaud. Lying at an elevation between [more…]

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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part Three

1st February 2023 Going Postal 2856 Comments

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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The Wild West Trail, Part Nine

29th January 2023 Going Postal 2867 Comments

Ninth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 1968 – Jerry F Nine Quarter Circle Ranch, Gallatin Gate-Way, Montana. When Howard Kelsey, boss [more…]

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Marching Clockwise Around Lake Geneva

28th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 2622 Comments

Last time we strolled through Geneva in the 1980s looking at some of my own old photos. Puffins will be relieved to hear that this week we’re back in the 1950s and travelling in my [more…]

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A Postcard From A Long Cruise, Part Two

25th January 2023 Going Postal 3029 Comments

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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The Wild West Trail, Part Eight

22nd January 2023 Going Postal 2101 Comments

Eighth in a series by my uncle John Alldridge. This article first appeared in the Derby Evening Telegraph in January 1968 – Jerry F We reached Cody, Wyoming on a night of driving rain and [more…]

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A Stroll Along Quai du Mont-Blanc

21st January 2023 Always Worth Saying 2482 Comments

We shall remain in Geneva in the 1980s for a little longer before moving around Lake Geneva in a clockwise direction in the 1950s. Does that make any sense? Our first photo this time is [more…]

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A Postcard From a Long Christmas Cruise, Part One

18th January 2023 Going Postal 2876 Comments

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 2272 Comments

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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