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 53: Italy 2003

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Brian

Piano Rialzato, Venice, 14th September 2003 We set out to walk from the Campo de la Bragora to San Pietro di Castello via Campo San Martin, Fondamenta Arsenale, Giardini Garibaldi, Ponte Santa Anna, a trail described in the excellent Venetian … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 52: Belgium 2003

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Brian

De Zwann, Scherpenheuvel, Belgium, 30th August 2003 Here for a British-Belgian wedding yesterday. A long and happy day, dancing into the night, falling into bed after two.  Breakfast with the wedding guests, who are staying here.  Goodbyes, then off for … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 51: Cuba 2003

Posted on August 25, 2023 by Brian

Casa Granda, Santiago de Cuba, 17th May 2003 Pavel took us on a tour from the Parque Cespedes to the area known as Tivoli.  Called ‘the most authentic picturesque mixed quarter of Santiago’ by our guide book, it’s been settled … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 50: Italy 2003

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Roma, Trieste, 1st March 2003 Early morning at the Serbian Orthodox church of St Spiridione: the Eastern rite rhetoric of colour and gold, of sad-faced icons and star painted window recesses, of a host of candles and sonorous tenor … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 49: Italy 2002

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Brian

Piano Rialzato, Venice, 16th September 2002 The soundscape is one of the best and most distinctive things about Venice.  At home we hear aeroplanes, ambulance sirens and the rumble of traffic.  Here there is a sound track playing a continual, … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 48: Turkey 2002

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Brian

The Round House, Omer’s Houses, Dalyan, 4th July A trip to Koycegiz, which is about 30km upstream from here at the end of Koycegiz Lake, Turkey’s deepest lake and reputedly visited by over 150 species of birds.  It’s an ordinary … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 47: Spain 2002

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Brian

Palacio Castellano, Salamanca, 6th May 2002 A rather chaotic start to the day: several groups were leaving, so they were all down together for an early breakfast and we had to share tables – not at all a British thing … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 46: Albania

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Brian

Saranda – Butrint 10th July 2001 To Albania, by the ‘Flying Dolphin’ Sant II from Corfu town – so near and so far. Saranda, a dusty, sun-bleached little port (named for the 40 saints who were supposed to live nearby) … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 45: Greece 2001

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Brian

Dinos, Kaminaki, Corfu 2nd July 2001 Today was planned as a ‘lazy day’, and that’s pretty much how it turned out: a day of reading (I finished Prospero’s Cell), swimming, lounging, eating, a bit of walking – crucially, no driving. … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 44: Italy 2001

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Brian

Piano Rialzato, Fondamenta Gheradini, Venice, 12th -13th March 2001 Venice was enveloped in mist; La Serenissima looked forlorn and faded; boats sounded mournful warnings and bells tolled out of invisible campaniles. It was graduation time at Foscari University and along … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 43: Egypt 2000

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Brian

The Sheraton, Cairo, Egypt, 3rd October 2000 Off by coach to the Egyptian Museum (the one that has Tutankhamen’s gold  mask).  Noisy and chaotic streets; half-finished buildings and grimy tenements; decay and poverty above the bustle of business. Museum crowded: … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 42: Italy 2000

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Brian

Piano Rialzato, Fondamenta Gheradini, Venice, 4th May 2000 The number 1 vaporetto growled its way up to Ca’ Rezzonico and nudged its way in with the grinding of reversing engines and a bump; the boatman twisted the mooring rope around … Continue reading →

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Cathedral Revisited

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Brian

A view of St Davids Cathedral to compare with the one included in the St Davids Scrap Book posted on the 8th July 2023: colour v monochrome; digital v analog (film). Photographs not take on the same day, so comparison … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 41: North Cyprus 1999

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Brian

Dome Hotel, Kyrenia, 15th November 1999 It was Independence Day, a celebration of the declaration of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1975.  Martial music played around Ataturk’s statue; and three flag-decked naval patrol boats lay nodding gently off … Continue reading →

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An Ending

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Brian

I’ve been working on a project that I’ve variously called ‘Traces’, ‘Remains’ and ‘Endings’ – more of that another time.  Irrespective on the name, it includes photographs of the remains of animals that I’ve found when out walking.  I’ve no … Continue reading →

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