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…
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…
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…
Stormy sky over the island of Samson, Isles of Scilly WRITTEN IN JUNE 2018 Marking forty years of marriage, anniversary roses sway in the breezeAs…
Le Parc de l’Ariana, Geneva, 1 March 2018 WRITTEN ON 7 MARCH 2018 I love snow! Realising, as I slowly wake up, that the usual…
Boisterous boys on the beach WRITTEN ON 23 AUGUST 2017 Two boisterous little boys on the beach. — My Uncle Colin (left) and my Dad…
