Celebrating the publishing of my new travelogue Planes Trains & Sinking Boats I am continuing my countdown of top 100 list of places I want (and wanted) to see when I was a student. The world has changed quite a bit in that time and there are plenty of places that I could go to… Continue reading 100 Places I Want To See Before I Die (50 – 41)
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100 Places I Want To See Before I Die (60 -51)
Celebrating the publishing of my new travelogue Planes Trains & Sinking Boats I am continuing my countdown of top 100 list of places I want (and wanted) to see when I was a student. If you missed the countdown so far you can click on the links to read 100-91, 90-81 , 80-71 here and… Continue reading 100 Places I Want To See Before I Die (60 -51)
100 Places I Want To See Before I Die (70 -61)
Celebrating the publishing of my new travelogue Planes Trains & Sinking Boats I am continuing my countdown of top 100 list of places I want (and wanted) to see when I was a student. In the intervening 15 years or so, some of them I have seen more than once and others remain and remind… Continue reading 100 Places I Want To See Before I Die (70 -61)
100 Places I Want To See Before I Die (80 – 71)
Continuing with my countdown of places that I really want to see to coincide with my new travelogue book, here are places 80-81. You can see my list from 100-91 here and 90 -81 here. As mentioned earlier in the week my new travelogue Planes Trains and Sinking Boats is now also available as a… Continue reading 100 Places I Want To See Before I Die (80 – 71)
100 Places I Want To See Before I Die (90 – 81)
Continuing with my countdown of places that I really want to see to co-incide with my new travelogue book, here are places 90-81. You can see my first 10 here. Also a bit of new news on my books. Planes Trains and Sinking Boats is now also available as a paperback on Amazon USA and… Continue reading 100 Places I Want To See Before I Die (90 – 81)
100 Places I Want To See Before I die (100-91)
To coincide with the launch of my new Travelogue book, Planes, Trains and Sinking Boats I am going to briefly write about my 100 must see places. I won’t call this a bucket list as I only travel to places I really want to see, crossing off a list of locations just doesn’t do it… Continue reading 100 Places I Want To See Before I die (100-91)
In the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia
Hopefully you will have read the previous post about the classic epic movie, Lawrence of Arabia, it’s not entirely necessary but it sets this post in perspective. I came to Lawrence through the film and after watching it, you do get a good idea of what he must have been like. Lawrence was also a… Continue reading In the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia
Qasr Amr – pleasure palace of the Caliphs
Qasr Amr is located on the desert road to Azraq and only a short distance from Iraq. It is possibly the highlight of the chain of desert castles built in eastern Jordan. It was built by Caliph Walid I around 715AD. As the name suggests it was originally part of a castle but now all… Continue reading Qasr Amr – pleasure palace of the Caliphs
A Guided tour walk around my neighbourhood
I love to walk whenever I can and I am fortunate that I live pretty much on the last street of the huge sprawl of London. I might not have as much as I want but I do have countryside almost on my door step so when I have time this is one of my… Continue reading A Guided tour walk around my neighbourhood
Canterbury Cathedral:- The murder and martyrdom of Thomas Becket
Recently on the 29th December, a remembrance service was held in Canterbury Cathedral. The service is held every year as it has been for centuries, in memory of one of most dramatic and tragic figures of early Medieval English history, Thomas Becket. The death of Thomas Becket. is one of the most dramatic and well-known… Continue reading Canterbury Cathedral:- The murder and martyrdom of Thomas Becket
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