Destinations
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DFDS Mini Cruise to Amsterdam
Last week, back in the UK after an arduous road trip, my wife and I took a brief two-night mini cruise from Newcastle (North Shields) to Amsterdam (IJmuiden) aboard DFDS’s Princess Seaways.
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And Hadrian caused a wall to be built…
After the school run, taking my final homeward turning I was subjected to subliminal reminders of the former extent of empire thanks to a florid highways department sign – ‘Hadrian’s Wall Country’.
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Malta
A couple of weeks ago I was in Malta for the British Guild of Travel Writers’ AGM. I was curious to see how the islands had evolved since my last visit.
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À la recherche du temps perdu
I just came across a collection of images from 2017, a trip to Champagne with the British Guild of Travel Writers. Rather than just share them with my mother I thought I’d post them here. As well as the obvious alcoholic attributes of Champagne, part of the region is known for its wooden church architecture,…
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Return to Tunisia… again
Last month I flew to Tunis and spent a week exploring Roman, pre-Roman and pre-historic sites across Tunisia. I’ve been ‘back to Tunisia’ before, after the Jasmine Revolution, the first and most effective popular revolt of the Arab Spring. This time it was the murder in 2015 of 30 British tourists and eight others on…
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Sinai – Dahab’s other story…
I’ve separated this post from the last one. The story is the kind thing that doesn’t make it into travel copy – ‘Social commentary, we don’t have the word count…etc…’ As I described, for visitors Dahab is a funky beach stay – excellent dives sites (the Blue Hole and others) and, even for those packing…
The Irresponsible Traveller 