Many thanks for those of you who messaged with suggestions for cooling music to take the edge off the heat. Perhaps unsurprisingly, most went for songs or pieces that either directly described chilliness or had the chilliness in their titles. Here are a handful: 2. Anna C chose some more solo piano music, The Snow […]
Anyone who followed my bike ride down the US Eastern Seaboard, and anyone who’s read the book that followed, will know that in Savannah, Georgia, I had an unfortunate incident involving my handlebar bag. (SPOILER ALERT – look away now if you’re reading Second Breakfast In America but haven’t got to that bit yet) Incident […]
Do You Remember America? Dear friends, I’m thrilled to announce that my new travel book, Second Breakfast In America, is out today! It’s been a long road, in every way, to reach this point, but publication day has finally arrived. Second Breakfast In America is a free-wheeling, action-packed adventure through nine US states (and two […]
Clonea to…..Clonea Before turning in last night I was watching the opening scenes of the Moby Dick link I posted yesterday, and I suddenly got the feeling that this scene from The Mighty Boosh might have been inspired by it. See what you think 🤔 (just a link due to lack of signal!) https://youtu.be/cDjyEnkl1Jo?si=7MncHSu98xVupaN1 Hard […]
Day 1 – Ucluelet to Port Alberni: Eastward Ho! A lot has happened since 2017. The five-year gap seems even wider than that because of the disruption of the covid pandemic, and I suspect that we’ve all begun to date everything from before and after Covid lockdowns. The long summer of 2017 is permanently fixed in […]
Hotel finally confirmed I’m glad to say that we now know where we’re staying, and the hotel is right on the harbour front on the Kowloon side in Tsim Sha Tsui East, and very nice too. I had a close look and it seems to be perfectly placed for all of Susie’s daily trips out […]
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