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Yesterday
Yesterday was about food, wine, and a Claret jug My muscle fatigue and balance issues mean that I can no longer pour wine into a decanter, and I had some that was going to benefit from decanting from the point

I remember it as if it were yesterday / 13
The Pont du Gard, near Remoulins in Provence- I first saw it in spring, 1982, when I visited my parents when they were holidaying in France. Many years before, my father had told me about a bridge with no railings

I remember it as if it were yesterday / 13
The Pont du Gard, near Remoulins in Provence- I first saw it in spring, 1982, when I visited my parents when they were holidaying in France. Many years before, my father had told me about a bridge with no railings

I remember it as if it were yesterday / 12
I had read of the abandoned town of Craco some years ago now, and determined to see it when I found out that it was possible to visit. I can still see myself taking these images, walking around this place…and

I remember it as if it were yesterday / 12
I had read of the abandoned town of Craco some years ago now, and determined to see it when I found out that it was possible to visit. I can still see myself taking these images, walking around this place…and

I remember it as if it were yesterday / 11
I don’t recall where I read about the Piano Grande in Umbria, in the Valnerina. The Valnerina is the eastern region of Umbria, a place of contrasts- high mountains and vast stretches of virtually nothing, so communications are very poor.See here

I remember it as if it were yesterday / 11
I don’t recall where I read about the Piano Grande in Umbria, in the Valnerina. The Valnerina is the eastern region of Umbria, a place of contrasts- high mountains and vast stretches of virtually nothing, so communications are very poor.See here

I remember it as if it were yesterday / 10
A decade or so ago I came across the films of the late Andrei Tarkovsky, after visiting the great gothic abbey of San Galgano which entailed a fair journey from where we were staying, but I was determined to see

I remember it as if it were yesterday / 10
A decade or so ago I came across the films of the late Andrei Tarkovsky, after visiting the great gothic abbey of San Galgano which entailed a fair journey from where we were staying, but I was determined to see

I remember it as if it were yesterday / 8
In the ’90s, my parents mentioned a little town in the Vienne that we might like to see on a return from the EuroClassic if we were in the area. One year we did work a route out to take

I remember it as if it were yesterday / 8
In the ’90s, my parents mentioned a little town in the Vienne that we might like to see on a return from the EuroClassic if we were in the area. One year we did work a route out to take

I remember it as if it were yesterday….. / 6
Around three decades ago I visited Crete, and prior to setting out had done some reading. I don’t remember now where I first heard of Spinalonga, but determined to get there somehow. IIn those days, you had to visit in a

I remember it as if it were yesterday….. / 6
Around three decades ago I visited Crete, and prior to setting out had done some reading. I don’t remember now where I first heard of Spinalonga, but determined to get there somehow. IIn those days, you had to visit in a
I remember it as if it were yesterday….. / 5
This one is related to my love of ruins. I had seen a photograph of Fay Godwin’s taken near Tanygrisiau in Snowdonia. This was in, I think, 1984, the pre- Internet age. I got my maps of North Wales out and
I remember it as if it were yesterday….. / 5
This one is related to my love of ruins. I had seen a photograph of Fay Godwin’s taken near Tanygrisiau in Snowdonia. This was in, I think, 1984, the pre- Internet age. I got my maps of North Wales out and