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Deciding, Discarding and Dreaming 17 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
This new journey comes, finally, as a relief, something I’ve been planning for ten years, and yet at the same time it’s a novelty. Not quite like anything I’ve done before. I suppose it’s like an ext...
Moving On 10 Aug 2013 | 03:57 pm
I know it’s boring, dropping hints about what one is going to do in the future. It wasn’t my intention to tease, but truth is I’ve been dithering over this for almost a year now, and finally realized...
Summertime El Médano 3 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
It’s 1976. It’s been a heatwave year. Remarkable in my almost 30 years on this planet. I only remember one other summer, dimly, from my childhood, when it was this hot. It’s the year I learn to water ...
A Sense of Place ….Or Not 1 Aug 2013 | 04:23 pm
A Sense of Belonging. Travelers often don’t need that, preferring to be the observer, not getting too familiar or too comfortable. Then again, perhaps we are simply looking for a place which makes us...
2013 Re-enactment of the Battle of Santa Cruz 31 Jul 2013 | 01:29 am
On a warm July night in 1797, with a high swell running, British ships were anchored off the coast of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. One of them, the Theseus, was the flag-ship of Horatio Nelson, recently ...
Asturias and Food and Unintentional Lessons: Getting off the Island 25 Jul 2013 | 10:36 pm
I’ve been told that I write too much about food. I don’t think that applies to this blog, but yes, on my Facebook Page, perhaps there are a few too many references to cake and ice cream! I have no int...
Asturias Day Two: Trying to Find Words: Getting off the island 21 Jul 2013 | 06:08 pm
“If you think what you’ve seen today was beautiful, wait until tomorrow!” The words race round my brain when I wake on my second morning in Asturias. My second thought is relief that my limbs feel qu...
Asturias Day One: An Utter Contrast: Getting off the Island 12 Jul 2013 | 04:06 am
Perhaps the biggest downside of living on an island, any island, is the occasional (or frequent, depending on your personal circumstances) feeling of claustrophobia. However beguiling island life can ...
Bucking the Trend: Why I Don’t Fly Carry On Only 4 Jul 2013 | 07:02 pm
I don’t travel carry-on only. There I’ve said it! I’m bucking the trend, all the accumulated advice of the dozens, maybe hundreds of travel blogs I’ve read. I have my reasons. When I was growing up I...
Never Rule Out the Tourist Stuff 17 Jun 2013 | 08:55 pm
The crunching sound you hear is me – eating my hat, as in “I’ll eat my hat if I ever step foot inside ******* (insert appropriate name) because it’s only for tourists. This week I did that twice – in ...
