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in the name of the smartphone

The property we stayed in during our time at Auriat was more than 250 years old. Like the many other…

technology

not quite in the footsteps of Mallory and Scott…

One year ago this month, we pulled our kids out of pre-school, waved goodbye to friends, flicked the bird to…

the boy who grew up

Increasingly we live in a world of scientific theories and evidence based practice models. Our lives link into global networks…

fatherhood, parenting, travel

strawberry fields forever

Stooping down the four inches needed to break into her personal space, I looked my companion in the eye and…

alternative farming, organic farming, peak oil

Madness in Blueberry Heaven

The instructions were as clear as they could be, given the fact we were using Google Translate to communicate with…

wwoof europe, wwoof france, wwoofing

confessions of a tour cyclist

Crossing a bridge, I spied a bush down by a dry river bed that would afford a much needed squat…

2005, bike travel, carpathian mountains, europe by bike, european travel, tour cycling

the best show i never did see

In France, they don’t call their national day ‘Bastille Day’ like the rest of the English speaking world. For that…

Bastille day, fireworks France, French national day

“never wild camp nude..”

  With the day drawing towards its end, we both climbed naked into our small two person tent and lay…

austria, bike travel, biking europe, bulgaria, camping europe, croatia, freedom camping europe, germany, greece, holland, hungary, riding europe, romania, serbia, slovakia, slovenia, turkey, wild camping europe

bent double, like old beggars under sacks…

Within minutes of the tourist bus pulling away, we found ourselves alone, standing quietly next to the Lochnagar crater. At…

battle, great war, somme, world war one

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