It was a vain hope my wife wouldn’t notice, she notices everything, especially when it comes to house details and this was in plain sight. But for a few days …
Sampling the Douro Valley
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I followed the footprints in the sand, some large, some small, some barefoot where toes and heels had dug in, and others shod leaving knobbly imprints. They all led in …
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I watched with interest as the man selected a spray can, picked it up and began to empty its contents on the wall in short bursts. Even though I was …
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The sound of deep sobbing startled me. I looked across at my wife, her shoulders heaving up and down; face buried in her hands. What on earth had brought this …
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Have you ever been somewhere which has not lived up to your expectations? Perhaps you had learned of it as a kid and in your imagination, it had grown into …
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It is early Friday morning; I look out of the window onto the darkness down below unable to make out anything as the plane I am on climbs to cruising …
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Have you ever wanted to see someone suffer a misfortune? Not a serious one, but a slight one, just enough to cause a little embarrassment to the person involved and …
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High up on a hill in Dorset sits the picturesque village of Ashmore. Dorset is known for its chalk hilltop settlements such as Hambledon Hill which date back thousands of …
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     My brother told me it was the first time in nearly sixty years we had done this together, at least voluntarily. What was this landmark we experienced? Going to …
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Who doesn’t like a good reflection? To see the exact image of something captured on another completely different material is a pleasing sight. When I go out with my camera, …
