After my excited purchase of a shed-load of sharp knives, I gather all the glues, tapes, base-boards, and other stuff I think I might need, and head back down the M4 to Bath. Once there,…
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47. Portugal in pink and blue
The Algarve is an area of Portugal rightly famed for its coastline. The simplest of online searches will provide images of pristine sands swept by dazzlingly blue seas. And that’s all well and good if…
46. Life in the languid lane
It is a truth universally acknowledged that life-on-wheels is a constant round of adventure and excitement; strange places, new people, challenging food and awesome sights. And it probably is for people with mountains of money….
42. A sign of the times
While it is true that travel broadens the mind, it also brings ones home country into sharp relief. Not so sharp as to be a shock, but sharp enough for me to be thinking, really?…
41. Anglovilles 3 & 4: One love
Two years ago I had a fantasy: I would travel the world slowly, staying for a few months at a time in quaint little towns. I’d become conversant in the language, and engage in some…
37. Unexpected Italy
Ah, the romance of Italy; the beauty of Venice, the pomp of Rome and the cypress-speared vistas of Tuscany, all punctuated by the sharp scent of basil, the tang of olives, and the cool wash…
36. The hunt for heat
After thirty years of being with Steve, I have become less of a stick-up-the-arse, I-know-how-it-should-be control freak, and more of a roll-with-the-punches, take-it-as-it-comes kind of gal. Which is why I find myself STILL driving my…
33. The delights of Drepano, and Christmas-on-wheels
Drepano is a funny little village on the coast of the Argolid. It has one big church in the middle, surrounded by cafes full of old blokes, a decent baklava shop, no police, and one…
30. My Olympian moment and other legends
Travelling in Greece brings to mind the opening lines of Remember, by Harry Nilsson: ‘Long ago, far away, life was clear, close your eyes…’ Everything here seems to have been glorious but it was all…