Monthly Archives: May 2015
Messing About On The River
A glorious day to be in London yesterday. With time of no importance we took a river taxi from Greenwich to The London Eye for an alternative perspective of our wonderful capital. At £4.75 accompanied with our day Travelcard, we felt it was well worth it…..
Mother’s Day
I originally posted this on Mother’s Day in UK in March, so thought I would re-post as it is International Mother’s Day today.
MY BOOK EXTRACT – ON A TRAIN FROM GEORGIA TO ARMENIA
To set the scene, Hamish & I were embarking on an overnight train from Batumi on the Black Sea Coast of Georgia to Yerevin, the splendid capital of Armenia. We had booked a berth each on the overnight sleeper and were hoping against hope that we had a private compartment. We were therefore somewhat displeased […]
In The Lebanon
As I laboriously proof read the draft of my forthcoming book focusing on Eastern Europe, my mind has started to wander to think about starting my next one, most likely to chronicle my travels in The Middle East & Far East. In my usual style, I have started sending myself e-mails as I commute to […]
Labour Day Laos Style
Yesterday was Labour Day or International Workers Day throughout the world, a day to celebrate the lot of workers & to reflect on the fruits that their labours bring, whilst also honouring the rights of workers to divide their working day into three lots of eight hours, one for work, one for recreation and one […]
If You Go Down To The Woods Today……..
A wonderful time of year in Happy Valley in Coulsdon. It is hard to beat the sights, sounds & feel good factor of an English woods on a nice Spring day.
