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…
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…
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…
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…
At the rugged north end of the island of Tresco, Isles of Scilly, 21 June 2013 WRITTEN ON 28 JUNE 2017 Your parents’ birthdays —…
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…
