A view from the Treetop Walkway, Neckertal, Switzerland, April 2024. A break from my weekly/daily routine was much needed so, on being given one and…
A stretch of coast between Saint-Guimond and la Pointe du Grouin, Brittany, France, 19 November 2023. Searing 34°C heat. A 16km summer hike from Uzès…
Fireworks in Geneva, Switzerland, 12 August 2017. Fireworks explode overhead in hues of pinkAnd emotions surface like the bubbles in my glassOf rosé champagne as…
Cala Pedrosa on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain, 7 September 2022. In September 2022 I was lucky to return to Catalonia and to the…
The coastline of the Cap de Creus Natural Park on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain, 10 May 2022. ‘I’m stranded’, Van Morrison sang through…
A view of Grindelwald from Rauft. In early February, five weeks after having Covid-19, and two and a half weeks before the threat of war…
A view of the Grand Canyon from Hopi Point on the South Rim. Leaving the glitz of Las Vegas behind, we drove into the sunriseLured…
On the cliffs above the Praia do Tonel, with Cabo de São Vicente in the distance. I have long thought that Portugal is partially what…
A cannon on the city walls of Dubrovnik, overlooking the Adriatic Sea. Creaking and swaying, the ferry slowly pulled away from the port of Bari…
A view from Bellavista in the Swiss National Park It was time for my Uncle Alec to leave this earthly life behind. He had died…
Looking from the South West Coast Path, Cornwall, towards The Great Mewstone and Wembury, Devon, and the South Devon coastline. Between the ages of 8–12…
The Ionian Sea as seen from Agios Mattheos mountain, Corfu, Greece Here are 10 tactless things people said when my Dad was ill with metastatic…
On St Helen’s, Isles of Scilly, looking across Tean to St Mary’s, with part of St Martin’s and some of the Eastern Isles visible. On…
Vasiliki beach, Lefkada, Greece WRITTEN ON 2 MAY 2020 Here is a photo of Vasiliki beach on the island of Lefkada, Greece, where I spent…
Part of Notre-Dame as seen from le Petit Pont, Paris WRITTEN ON 16 APRIL 2019 I have many vivid memories associated with Notre-Dame: • Being…
