Category Archives: Travels

Photographs taken during travels outside the UK and being collated into a photo book. Pictures included here are emerging from the selection process, but may not be included finally.

Mining the Diaries 76: Patagonia 2009

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Brian

Maison Vitraux, Buenos Aires 15th November. Disorientated.  We took off from Heathrow Terminal 5 at 21.50 yesterday and landed in Buenos Aires at 10.45 today.  The flight was uneventful – flying long-haul is one of those occasions when uneventfulness is … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 75: Italy 2009

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Brian

2969 Calle Del Forno, Venice, 21st September 2009 Woke about 6.30 and sat by the window reading The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt while Nina slept.  Footsteps, boats and voices outside – the Venetian dawn chorus. After breakfast … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 74: Wales 2009

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Brian

Or’eira, Llanfacherth, Dolgellau, 12th June 2009 To Dolgellau for the cattle market.  A slow start with a few small trailers bringing in sheep – lambs, rams and hoggets. Selling starts at noon. Auctioneer and his assistant stroll across the yard … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 73: Spain 2009

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Brian

Palau de la Mar, Valencia, 18th March 2009 We did not need to set that alarm for last night’s firework display –we lay listening to it rending the sky like too-close thunder! Down to a bustling breakfast room soon after … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 72: Italy 2008

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Brian

2969 Calle Del Forno, Venice, 7th September 2008 This a first floor apartment overlooking the Rio di S. Margherita and the Calle Del Forno.  When the children in the apartment above run about the lights in the dining room chandelier … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 71: France 2008

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Eden. Les Praz de Chamonix, 24th August 2008 The day dawned crystal clear, the rising sun turning the summit of Mont Blanc and the surrounding peaks brilliant, glittering white, the sky the palest ice blue streaked by chalky contrails.  … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 66: Morocco 2006

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Brian

Ryad Mabrouka, Fez, 15th September 2006 Our second day and it’s time to head into the labyrinth, the medina.  It’s claustrophobic and jumbled; dirt is swept into the street; goods are hauled by men and animals; nuts, grains and pulses … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 62: Greece 2005

Posted on October 3, 2023 by Brian

Fotini, Kaminaki, Corfu, 28th August 2005 We drove north to Kalami, Kassiopi and up to Ano Perithia (sometimes signed as ‘Old’, I prefer ‘Ano’).  The road from Loutses has been much improved since we visited in 2001, widened and surfaced, … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 61: Italy 2005

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Brian

2796 Calle del Traghetto, Venice, 27th June 2005 This year we have abandoned the Piano Rialzato, though we are still in the sestieri of Dorsodoro.  The entrance to number 2796 is through anonymous wooden double doors directly off the Calle … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 60: Wales 2005

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Brian

Or’eira, Llanfacherth, Dolgellau 11th May 2005 Drove down to Brithdir to the start, north end, of the Torrent Walk. It was created by Thomas Payne for the Richards family of the nearby Caerynwch estate in the late 1800s.  A short … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 59: Germany 2005

Posted on September 26, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Ritter, Heidelberg, 30th March 2005 Here for a four-day twinning exchange visit with the Cambridge City Council delegation. 7.00  Up promptly and out for a walk.  Chilly and drizzling under an ashen sky.  Early risers trudging to work – … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 58: India 2004

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Brian

Pink City Camp, Pushkar, 23rd November 2004 A night of tossing and turning punctuated by the sounds of Indian music, campers’ ablutions through canvas and camels grunting and bellowing.  A bucket of hot water arrives at six-thirty.  The bed is … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 57: Czechoslovakia 2004

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Brian

Julius Apart Hotel, Wenceslas Square, Prague, 21st July 2004 A highlight of the visit so far: coffee at Café Slavia. The cafe opened in August 1884, poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke was a regular and it was famous for its associations … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 56: The Netherlands 2004

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Brian

Best Western City Hotel, Groningen, 13th May 2004 Here with Planning Department colleagues on a study tour to look at urban planning and design.  Getting around on shocking pink bicycles with back-pedal brakes – impressions of Dutch gables and chestnut … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 54: Wales 2004

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Brian

Or’eira, Llanfacherth, Dolgellau 11th April 2004 Arrived yesterday – our first stay here.  It is wonderfully quiet and feels very remote – hills, birdsong, fragmented fields, sheep grazing, daffodils in bloom and black-fingered oaks about to burst into leaf.  Peace … Continue reading →

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