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 40: Zanzibar 1999

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Brian

Serena Inn, Zanzibar, 27th June 1999 We booked a Spice Tour with the renowned Mr. Mitu.  His representative arrives to pick us up promptly at nine o’clock.  Waiting outside was no shiny mini bus, but a routine Zanzibar dala dala … Continue reading →

Posted in Mining the Diaries, Travels | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Tenby

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Brian

‘There is a memorial tablet in St. Mary’s Church raised to preserve from oblivion the memory of Peggy Davies, bathing women for forty two years, who was seized with apoplexy in the sea and died at the age of eighty … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged , | Leave a comment

RAF St Davids – Degrees of Separation

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Brian

‘Six degrees of separation is the theory that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries.’ On the way from St Davids … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged | Leave a comment

St David’s Scrap Book June 2023

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Brian

This gallery contains 10 photos.

More galleries | Leave a comment

Mining the Diaries 39: France 1999

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Brian

Le Clos du Pausa, Thillombois, 29th March 1999 We drove east from Thillombois to Bouquemont in fog and followed the Meuse north towards Verdun.  The river was still and grey, patterned with the ghostly reflections of skeletal trees.  Each rise … Continue reading →

Posted in Mining the Diaries, Travels | Tagged | Leave a comment

Perennial, St Davids

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Brian

Condensation on a polytunnel viewed from the outside at the Perennial cafe, farm shop and garden centre becomes a steamy tropical rain forest.

Posted in Travels | Tagged | Leave a comment

Nevern Church

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Brian

Nevern church: named after St Brynach (possibly one of the original seven bishops of Dyfed); Norman Construction, built around the 1100′s. In the grounds two striking stones: Celtic Cross dated to the 10th Century; and the Vitalianus Stone, which predates … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged | Leave a comment

Venice Scrapbook May 2023

Posted on July 2, 2023 by Brian
Posted in Figures, Travels, Venice | Tagged | Leave a comment

Morning Coffee in Italy

Posted on June 30, 2023 by Brian

My visit to Trieste and Venice in May offered so much to enjoy and savour – history, great architecture, wonderful paintings and sculpture, memorable food and drink, and ever changing and relaxing sea and waterways.  The physical world combined with … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels, Venice | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Trieste Scrapbook May 2023

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Brian
Posted in Figures, Film, Travels, Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Trieste Window

Posted on June 24, 2023 by Brian
Posted in Travels | Tagged | Leave a comment

Mining the Diaries 38: Morocco

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Es Saadi, Marrakech, 19th October 1998 Breakfast on the terrace down by the pool.  The cheery woman behind the counter stopped making crepes and fried eggs for us in a pan over a burner, the gas bottles were polished … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Travels | Tagged | Leave a comment

Mining the Diaries 37: Cuba 1998

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Brian

Las Cuatros Palmas, Varadero, 10th May 1998 Awake early, I look out from my balcony across the palms and thatched roofs to the silent sea and a sharply defined horizon under plumbago sky.  Scores of dark amber dragonflies describe circles, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Mining the Diaries, Travels | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Molo Audace, Trieste

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Brian

The windrose at the end of the Molo Audace indicates the directions of four winds, the Greco, Scirocco, Libeccio and Maestro.  Away on the edge, between the Greco and the Scirocco, a fat-cheeked cherub boldly blows in the Bora.  ‘This … Continue reading →

Posted in Travels | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Mining the Diaries 36: France

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Brian

Le Pre Fleuri, Corlu, 5th April 1998 A solitary swallow skimmed over the farm as we set out on a circular tour – Delville Wood, Pozieres, Contalmaison and Mametz Wood.  Near Combles a line of beaters tramped across the fields … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Mining the Diaries, Travels | Tagged | Leave a comment