Posts marked with the tag “Travel”
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London Life
Thursday, 28th January 2010 • By other people, Life, Travel • 2 comments
Since moving away from the UK, I miss jaunts into London, which now only take place once a year at most. A German resident of London, Konstantin Binder, provides me with a dose of the kind of exploration I would do, were I still in the UK.
Diversion to Leadhills
Saturday, 9th January 2010 • Scotland galleries, Travel • 1 comment
We took a diversion off the motorway to explore the wintry countryside and came across the highest village in Scotland, buried in snow.
Notes from a flight home
Tuesday, 5th January 2010 • From the Road, Travel, Writing • No comments
Short observational notes taken on a flight between Edinburgh and Geneva.
Driving home for Christmas
Wednesday, 23rd December 2009 • From the Road • 2 comments
If you’ve been following my Twitter stream today, you’ll probably know that while I should be almost in Scotland by now, I am, in fact, still on Swiss soil. After [...]
Don’t ride the rails drunk, kids
Tuesday, 1st December 2009 • Travel • 1 comment
I woke a sleeping drunk last night, when the train to Interlaken terminated in Spiez due to the onward line being blocked.
He looked at me blurrily and asked whether he [...]
In Transit
Tuesday, 24th November 2009 • Travel, Writing • No comments
An attempt at the first in a series of 50 word short stories, inspired by my trip to Scotland to meet Jo in 2004.
Things I could’ve photographed this morning, if only they’d happened
Wednesday, 11th November 2009 • From the Road, Life, Travel, Writing • 2 comments
A greengrocer selling her wares at the side of the road starts throwing cabbages at a father and son standing at her stall without bicycles but wearing cycling helmets.
A carriage [...]
Rain, Rain
Friday, 4th September 2009 • Switzerland galleries • No comments
Photos of various wetness around the city of Bern, as I head for the train station and home on a Friday night.
Advance Passenger Information (API)
Thursday, 6th August 2009 • Travel • No comments
New legislation means that pretty much every air travel passenger must submit their personal travel documentation – passport information – before arriving at the airport.
You’ve Got Mail
Tuesday, 28th July 2009 • Advertising, Geek stuff, Internet, Photography • No comments
An American company offers a service to send individual, custom postcards from your mobile phone or web browser via traditional mail.
Visit Switzerland: The Alpine Passes
Thursday, 16th July 2009 • Switzerland galleries, Travel • 3 comments
I occasionally receive emails from people all over the world, who find my photos and blog and want to know which places in Switzerland are unmissable for their upcoming trip. The most recent one has inspired me to make a series of blog posts in response, the first of which covers the high altitude mountain passes of the central Swiss Alps.
Wedding trip part 3: arrival in England
Tuesday, 30th June 2009 • Travel • 1 comment
After a very long pause, I continue with my series of posts telling the story of our trip to Scotland and back to get married.
Off to Pembrokeshire
Wednesday, 3rd June 2009 • Friends and Family, Travel • No comments
We’re only just back from a trip to Italy and it’s time to head off again for a foreign break!
Spiez to Malpensa airport
Monday, 25th May 2009 • From the Road, Travel • 2 comments
This post was originally written whilst waiting for a flight to Sicily from Milan’s Malpensa airport.
We’re sitting in the marbled monotony of the departure gate at Milan’s Malpensa airport after [...]
Off to Salina
Tuesday, 12th May 2009 • Travel • No comments
Time flies; it’s already two weeks shy of a year since my last trip to Italy with Jo. We’re off again on Thursday, this time to the tiny island of [...]
