itozakura / koya kaerusa no / ashimotsure A Weeping Cherry As I turn away to leave reeling I'm reeled in Matsuo Bashō, Spring, 1687...

Kiso no tochi / ukiyo no hito no / miyage kana Kiso horse-chestnuts For the weary in the world some such souvenirs Matsuo Bashō,...

My last day in the Lake District and my last Wainwright. I decided to finish my trip with a trek up the fell I can see from my breakfast...

After an epic day on the fells I needed a day closer to sea level. Besides, when in the Lake District, one should spend some time on at...

Fell n. Scot. And North England - hill, mountain, highland plateau. Wainwright n. Any one of the 214 fells mapped for fell walkers by A....

I woke to another picture-perfect walking day - ideal weather for scrambling up to one of the smaller peaks in the Lake District on the...

Spring has finally arrived and, touch wood, is set to stay for the remainder of my time in the UK. Huzzah! Today I walked about 18km from...

Oxford is everything I imagined it to be and more. It oozes history and tradition, and there is a romance about it that is quite...

A quick post as I sit on the Eurostar bound for London. The start of this next leg of my journey means the end of my wild ride through...

Come Sunday morning I realised I still hadn’t explored the city, so after a lazy start and with much to see I set off to ramble the quiet...

Leipzig is chock full of wonderful surprises for the uninitiated - even before my new friend Klaus (Leipzig Part 2) introduced me to the...

A big (big) day - everyday life in the DDR, the Wall, the Jewish Museum, the perils of life in Berlin during the war, and one last...

Potsdam, a short train ride from the centre of Berlin, is where one has one’s summer palace. One being Frederick the Great (Fredrich II)....

…the bee’s knees, the ant’s pants and the cat’s pyjamas! It was non-stop from the get-go but here are Day 1 highlights. Where do I start?...

I managed to squeeze in visits to seven museums in two days - five in Brussels and two in Waterloo. Highlights as follows (with photos in...

The capsule that propels me from London to Amsterdam has just emerged from from the Channel Tunnel and is travelling at speed through the...

Huzzah! The day has finally come and I’m now only 30 minutes or so away from boarding QF1. My suitcases are off making their own way the...