"We caressed the scaly skin of Uluru... we gazed at themoons of Jupiter up in the clear black night sky" Ear to the ground in Australia... When my friend Spud told me to lie down and press my ear to the blacktop, I wondered whether the packet of bush biscuits we’d just finished had a … Continue reading Australian Memoir 1997
Tag: travel
Backyard holidays: Portugal
Portugal isn't exactly just round the corner, but the notes I made when on holiday there in 2017 are in a drawer in my bedroom...
Backyard holidays: Whitecross Street, London EC1
This was once the workplace of women known as prostitutes
Diary snapshot: Winnall Moors, Winchester
If eyeballing toads is your thing
Diary: 22-24 September
Three days that didn’t change the world, exactly
Backyard holiday: Regents Canal, London
Mothers with buggies jostled with militant cyclists. Idle students lolled on the grassy verges
Backyard holidays: Barbican, London
My Lockdown leisure walks have taken me to every corner of the Barbican's concrete wonderland. Or so I thought...
Backyard Holidays: Festival Gardens, St Paul’s, London
The original street plan shaped the gardens you see today
Backyard holidays: Coober Pedy, South Australia
The joy of travel without moving (very much) One of my fridge magnets...
Artwork Archive: Can Isaac, Catalonia
'...Where a dog barking is a main event'
Diary… Homeward bound
Heading for home...
Diary… Farewell Paloma Beach
Farewell Paloma Beach
Diary… Tuesday, Los Cristianos, Tenerife
Ready to return is a state of mind
Diary… Monday, Los Cristianos, Tenerife
Shops clean out of gold, frankincense and myrrh
Diary… Sunday, Los Cristianos, Tenerife
The 3 Kings arrived aboard camels
Diary… Saturday, Los Cristianos, Tenerife
Roaming around Paloma Beach (again)
Diary… Friday, Los Abrigos, Tenerife
A cute fishing village that will struggle to stay that way
Diary… Thursday, Los Cristianos/La Gomera, Tenerife
a day trip to La Gomera
Diary… Wednesday, Los Cristianos, Tenerife
2020 starts slowly, spreading a sense of unease...
Diary… Tuesday, Los Cristianos, Tenerife
All schools should teach Earth Wind & Fire
Billy's Scrapbook 