Travel stuff
I might be a late starter in the travel writing sector, but I intend to be a late finisher.
Chilling in Dorset
English country bliss in Dorset
The lure of the Adriatic
A week in Rovinj
A week in Mallorca
Off to the sunny Balearics.
Life in a heatwave
Living through 2022 summer in Lucca, Italy
Ich bin ein Berliner
Adventures in Berlin
I’ve been everywhere, man
Across Yorkshire
A few shots from Seville
Images from Seville
Ladies and yentlemen
From Lucca to Seville
Four hilltop towns
Visits to Montepulciano, Pienza, Certaldo and volterra
It's Italy
Adapting to life in Italy.
Woo woo woo on the choo choo
From Wenice to Lucca
One sandal in the suitcase
Week 2 in Wenice and the surprises start
And so to Wenice
Time to fly, as they say in the Matrix movies. Off on a new adventure to replace the interruption in 2020.
The summer edition
Summer, beaches and bad transport juju in Lucca
Venice in late June 2020
A week in Venice post-lockdown and before the EU/Brit tourists arrived
Villa, village and Via del Moro
A bridge, a villa, a village and Via del Moro
First day trip - to an almost deserted Firenze
Lockdown is lifted. We're on our way to Firenze. For a very strange day
Italy is re-opening
Italy is re-opening. Travel between regions and internationally.
Out into nature
Riverside walking in Lucca
Monday, Monday - pizza, coffee and gelato
Pizza, coffee and gelato in Italy from Monday 4 May
A trip to the stationery shop
A few more shops opened - stationery top of the list
Excitement in Lucca
Home-delivered food and other goodies in Lucca
Andra tutto bene
Everything will be well - Lockdown in Lucca
Life in Covid Italy
Back in Lucca and close to the eye of the Covid storm.
A hiking we will go
A hike in the hills above Borgo a Mozzano near Lucca, Italy. And the embarrassment of being lapped by small dogs.
Back to Lucca March 2020
Returning to Lucca
Email from Venice
Venice out of season - what a joy
A day in Pisa
Another stunning Tuscan day, so Pisa sparkled.
The first month in Lucca
What I now know after a month in Lucca
Walking the walls of Lucca
A walk around Lucca's walls
Dispatches from Lucca #2
In which we decide we really do need a doctor
Dispatches from Lucca #1
Three months in Lucca, Italy, to write, practise my Italian and eat.
Getting my bearings…sort of
I've navigated New York before, so why was it so difficult this time?
New York - so much noise they named it twice
New York never sleeps, and neither does the noise.
One night in Firenze
Light show in Florence
Never Comes Tomorrow - Jacob Hashimoto
Never Comes Tomorrow is in the Liggett Hall archway on Governors Island.
The eclipse - Jacob Hashimoto on Governors Island
"The eclipse" was commissioned for the island and consists of 15,000 bamboo/paper kites hung on wires from the ceiling of the historic Chapel of St Cornelius on Governors Island
New York, New York - subway tiles
Just when you least expect it, New York's subway throws up tiles/mosaics to take your breath away.
The view from New York
Back in New York in all its amazing diversity.
Solo Travel Destination: East End London, England
We are pleased to present a new Solo Travel Destination Post from Prue, a member of the Solo Travel Society on Facebook. Prue lives in New Zealand, and submitted the following report about East End London.
Solo Travel Destination: La Coulée Verte, Paris
We are pleased to present a new Solo Travel Destination Post from Prue, a member of the Solo Travel Society on Facebook. Prue lives in New Zealand, and submitted the following report about la Coulée verte in Paris.
Top 10 sights
My top 10 bypass most of the usual “tops” with the exception of New York.
Mauna Kea
A climber planning to ascend Aoraki/Mt Cook will spend months planning, training and working on their fitness.