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A River Runs Through It

25th March 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Le Train Bleu Last time we teased that we were arriving at a quayside in Ostend to connect with the Istanbul Express as if Graham Greene’s characters in Stamboul Train. My grandparents’ Ford Prefect was [more…]

20th Century

Ostend For Greeneland

18th March 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

According to those better able to describe such things than myself, decades ago the crossing to Ostend was one of drenched decks, the smell of steam and oil and of stale Bass from the bar. [more…]

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The View From Sunnegga

11th March 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

It’s difficult to tell exactly where we are in old Zermatt, pictured below during my grandparent’s 1950s road trip. These days the town is short of public squares given what has to be squeezed onto [more…]

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Trag In Ruh (Take It In Your Stride)

4th March 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Puffins will be familiar with a truism of the lower orders ducking and diving through the mean streets of Zermatt with a dagger between their teeth looking for a cheap room while the officer class [more…]

19th Century

His Monument, The Matterhorn

25th February 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

We shall continue our trip towards the source of the Matter Vispa, heading south towards the mountain town of Zermatt. However, we shall no longer call it a road trip. The evidence suggests, given a [more…]

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Following in the Steps of Sepp

18th February 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

After completing our clockwise tour of the northern shoreline of Lake Geneva, we head inland at the eastern extremity of Villeneuve and drive along the Rhone Valley. Our first photo is labelled ‘The Diablerats, Berner [more…]

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From Byron to Buchli

11th February 2023 Always Worth Saying 1

As we continue our clockwise trip around the northern shore of Lake Geneva, we take a slight detour behind the town of Montreux. The above photograph is captioned ‘Col de Jaman’ which is a high [more…]

20th Century

Notables Indésirables En Route to Montreux

4th February 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

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…]

20th Century

Marching Clockwise Around Lake Geneva

28th January 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

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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