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European Journey 1953, Part Seven – Trogen

8th October 2024 Going Postal 2679 Comments

The village lies in a sheltered fold of the mountains, 3,000 feet above sea level. On a fine day you can see clear across to Lake Constance, a bit of burnished silver under the strong [more…]

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The Wolds, Part One

6th October 2024 Joe Slater 1950 Comments

It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]

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A Distant Monument to Unrequited Love

5th October 2024 Always Worth Saying 1746 Comments

If breaking a journey between Nairobi and Kampala, gentlemen and lady travellers might like to give the city of Nakuru a chance. If it becomes tiresome you can always take a tuk-tuk for a day [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse, Edizione Apulia; Seconda Parte (All In It Together)

1st October 2024 Colin Cross 2613 Comments

The hotel outside Matera is new and consequently very modern, the food in the restaurant was pretty good, but the waiting staff knew we were a tour party and treated us accordingly. Not rude, as [more…]

20th Century

European Journey 1953, Part Six – Naples

1st October 2024 Going Postal 2584 Comments

Like many another Mediterranean city Naples looks better seen from a distance. Approached from the sea, preferably at first light, its beauty takes your breath away. Close up too much of it is an offence [more…]

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European Journey 1953, Part Five – Vienna

24th September 2024 Going Postal 2145 Comments

Where a smile masks a city’s sorrow This a Tale from the Vienna Woods. A Tale told on a spring morning when, from the white cafe tables perched high on the Kahlenberg, the Danube really [more…]

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In the Fens

22nd September 2024 Joe Slater 1792 Comments

It takes a week to cycle from Penzance to Berwick. It took me 40 years. Because on the way, I wanted to include every town in England, in what amounted to some two years of [more…]

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A View From The Greenhouse; Edizeone Apulia (Prima Parte)

17th September 2024 Colin Cross 1973 Comments

And so to Italy, but not before making sure the Buildings and Maintenance team had been fully drilled in the routines required to ensure I didn’t return to any kind of disaster. I needn’t have [more…]

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European Journey 1953, Part Four – Berlin

17th September 2024 Going Postal 1054 Comments

When my friend Alfred Friedel comes off duty it’s usually somewhere around one o’clock in the morning. For Alfred is a newspaperman. And morning newspapermen the world over live like owls. Take a good look [more…]

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