from roman dubris to medieval debris
In 55BCE at about 9am on the 26th of August Julius Caesar’s fleet arrived off the coast of Dover. Swathes of Britons stood along those...
Category: Travel
dover remembers zeebrugge 100 years on
On 23rd April 1918 the Royal Navy attempted to block the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. The plan was to sink old ships in the entrance...
a taste of dover solo
Today I set off to get my first proper look of Historic Dover. I strolled down the road and began to think I’d got lost...
roman around london
I’ve popped up to ‘ye olde smoke’ for a few days over Easter. I’ve plumped to stay in the City of London for a change and...
because I’m worth it haha – bald & abroad with a beard
So I’ve been out and about travelling now for a year and while I try to make this blog about my travels it is morphing...
walls don’t have ears – but art and lights and projections
Lyon is covered in graffiti from walls to shop shutters. Shop fronts are designed to include elements of graffiti as part of their design but...
best of all festival of lights in lyon
I’ve rocked up in Lyon to visit La Fête des Lumières. I’ve never been to Lyon before but I know a couple of things about...
huaca way to finish my trip north
We journeyed today to the Temple of the Sun and the Moon. These two temples sit in a low valley that is sandy desert on...
wet fields & dry trees – finding museums on their knees
What grows in a desert apart from Wachuma the psychotropic San Pedro Cactus? Dry forests that’s what. And with a little help from aquatic engineering...
the road north to ruin nation
We stepped off the bus from Paracas and I was whisked off to sample the delights of Gaia Holistic Centre in Lima. Vegetarian and vegan...