Reflections on 2016
‘The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come.’ – Ian Knabel. 2016 has been a good year. On a personal level, 2016… Read more
A Great New Zealand Road Trip
‘What it takes to realize everything is fine around you? A road trip to the mountains where your soul dwells in the echoes of… Read more
My Viewpoint on the World in 2016
‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.’ – Martin Luther King,… Read more
Five sunsets, and the stories that accompany them
“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.’ – Pamela Hansford Johnson. Five of the most memorable sunsets… Read more
On Trust and Gut Instinct
‘Have faith in your intuition and listen to your gut instinct.’ – Ann Cotton. There have been many moments whilst I’ve been travelling when I’ve… Read more
How to ‘Travel’ when You’re Not Travelling
‘Travellers repose and dream among my leaves.’ – William Blake. Two Types of Traveller There are those of us that travel constantly, never settling… Read more
The Two Sides of London
‘Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.’ – Aesop. There are two sides… Read more
On London (and why I never write anymore…!)
‘There’s nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.’ – Vivienne Westwood. London is a busy place. It’s a city that never sleeps (yes,… Read more
Summer Nostalgia
‘Aaah, summer – that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility.’ – Darell Hammond. The National Topic… Read more
What Travel Has Taught Me
‘Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the… Read more