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…
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 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…
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…
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…
The Viamala Gorge, Switzerland WRITTEN IN JULY 2016 Setting out on the Via Spluga reminded me, in many ways, of the journey of grief which…
Sunflowers near Jussy, Switzerland, 28 June 2015 WRITTEN ON 28 JUNE 2015 My Dad would have been 67 tomorrow, having eased into his retirement a…
Hell Bay, Bryher, Isles of Scilly WRITTEN IN SEPTEMBER 2000 Your turmoil taken by the tossing wavesYour burden made light when they breakYour spirit uplifted…
