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  • Travel Stories
    • Bush Routes:
    • Across Sri Lanka by tuk-tuk
    • A Different New Year’s Eve
    • Bobsleigh Run
    • Camels And Khaled
    • Hamadi
    • Into The Unknown
    • Lightning Strike
    • Our strange invitation
    • The Curious Tale Of The Day Bag And The Dress
    • The Dirty Plastic Bucket
    • The story of Mangala
    • Travel Stories: From The Boudoir To The Bosphorus
    • Travel Stories: The Nungwi Sunset
    • Welcome To Dar
    • Were We Safe? Take A Look…

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  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Giovinazzo And A Wind Of Change

    June 25, 2019 /

    Last full day in Puglia and enjoying the sleep ancient town of Giovinazzo

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    October 15, 2023

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    October 21, 2022

    Olympia: Stories Of Past And Present

    October 8, 2021
  • Europe,  History,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Polignano A Mare And Corpus Domini

    June 24, 2019 /

    A day in Polignano followed by an evening of corpus Domini celebrations in Molfetta

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    Yuso Monastery in San Millan de la Cogolla, Rioja, Spain

    Santo Domingo de la Calzada: Not The Jewel In The Crown

    August 17, 2023
    Houses on the seafront at Villajoyosa, Spain

    Glimpses Of Life In Happy Town

    August 29, 2023
    Lavender fields in Provence, France

    Southwards To The Lavender Fields: From Paris To Provence

    July 9, 2023
  • Europe,  History,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    More Adriatic Adventure And A Church Puzzle

    June 24, 2019 /

    Continuing our tour of Southern Italy featuring its churches

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    Vilnius: Knights, Russians…And Frank Zappa

    November 29, 2021
    Nuraghe in Sardinia

    Nuraghe, Mountain Towns & Murals: Crossing Sardinia.

    September 2, 2025
    Zaragoza Basilica and Puente De Piedra, Spain

    A-Z In A Day: From Andorra to Zaragoza

    August 10, 2023
  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog,  World food

    Touring Puglia’s Adriatic Coastline

    June 22, 2019 /

    Two days of exploring the towns of Puglia's Adriatic coast

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    Cable car from Encamp, Andorra.

    Days In A Small Country: Exploring Andorra

    August 6, 2023

    This English Summer

    June 22, 2021

    Hopping Mad: The Lesser Cyclades

    September 14, 2021
  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Sunsets and sunrises in Molfetta

    June 21, 2019 /

    We seem to have developed a habit of waking very early on this trip. It has its advantages. Our apartment balcony here faces due East, straight out across the deep blue Adriatic and in direct line of the awesome sunrises. Come evening time, the people of Molfetta gather at the harbour, in or in front of Bar Duomo, to watch the amazing sunsets across the calm waters of the inner harbour. Rarely are both so dramatic in the same location. Here’s some examples:-

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    La Maddalena fishing harbour, Sardinia

    Northern Sardinia: Garibaldi, Maddalena & Magical Moments

    September 12, 2025

    Towards The End Of Crete

    August 20, 2021

    Moving On: From Delphi to Korinthos

    July 30, 2021
  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog,  World food

    Molfetta, Puglia

    June 20, 2019 /

    An appraisal of Molfetta for would be visitors

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    The 2021 Obstacle Course Of Travel

    July 18, 2021

    Journeys In Greek Food

    October 16, 2021
    Montmartre, Paris

    A Brief Stay In Paris: The Journey Begins

    July 5, 2023
  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    From Matera to the Coast, via More Strange Houses

    June 19, 2019 /

    From Matera to the Alberobello Trulli houses to the blue sea of the Adriatic and Molfetta

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    View of Porto from Luis I bridge in Portugal

    Porto: Too Many Reasons To Be Cheerful 

    July 21, 2025
    View of the Vatican from the castle

    Stories And Histories: More Days In Rome

    October 19, 2022
    White Turf racing in St Moritz Switzerland

    From Style On The Streets To Horses On Ice: Milan, St Moritz & The Bernina Express

    February 6, 2023
  • England,  Europe,  History,  Travel Blog

    FROM STATELY HOME TO CAVE HOUSES: IT’S ITALY NEXT

    June 11, 2019 /

    From Chatsworth House Stately home in England to Matera, the “shame of Italy” in Basilicata, Italy

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    Cornwall: One Last Wild Walk

    May 21, 2021
    Sheep roaming the Roseland Peninsula Cornwall

    These Cornish Things

    November 6, 2022

    Famous Faces, Favourite Places 

    March 6, 2022

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