The Eastern and Oriental Express “It is better to travel well than to arrive – The Buddah During this time, while we can’t travel, many of us are remembering great journeys. It was April a few years go, that we went on our third luxury train trip,… Read More »TRAVEL
Traveller’s tales A Geordie and 40 years in Norway Guest post by T. R Only he who wanders, finds new paths (Berre den som vandrar, finn nye vegar) It is incredible to think that today I have lived in Norway 40 years. Honestly, where did those years… Read More »TRAVEL
Build bridges, not walls “if you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to far, go together” “Build the wall”. Parochial thinking I’d expect from an old man. It’s about keeping others ‘out’. The thinking is “we can go it all alone”. It’s regressive. And it’s not… Read More »SLOW
Best laid plans In any given moment have two options: To step forward into growth, or to step back into safety – Abraham Maslow It’s the Easter break. We should have been travelling. I’d booked a hotel and researched restaurants, walks and galleries. We were good… Read More »TRAVEL
Traveller’s tales Guest post by Antoine K A story among millions The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~ Chinese Proverb I landed at Pudong International Airport, on the new side of Shanghai, by the sea, in… Read More »TRAVEL
Traveller’s Tales Guest post by S. Smith SPAIN IN A TIME OF LOCKDOWN Resistire I’ve been in Spain for about a year and currently live in a small rural town about an hour by bus from Madrid. At weekends it becomes a focus for cyclists… Read More »TRAVEL
LONDON CALLING Guest post – Colleen Sutcliffe Food for thought As I sat here, just before 5am this Saturday morning, having been unable to sleep, I feel the need to say something about how I feel in this crisis. There are a few posts going around… Read More »SLOW
Traveller’s Tales Guest post by Jo Dolan Io resto a Casa Andrà Tutto Bene (everything will be alright) Hi my name is Jo Dolan and I am a Londoner living in Padova On Friday the 21st February 2020, our lives were to change. We had some… Read More »SLOW
Life in a time of Coronavirus We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon Franklin D Roosevelt Being in quarantine or self isolation, gives you time to slow down and… Read More »SLOW
Dear Dad “A good father will leave his imprint on his daughter, for the rest of her life.” – Dr. James Dobson My darling dad, You inspired me to travel the world. You started your aircraft engineering career in the RAF, which took you… Read More »TRAVEL