Holidays in May? Check the weather. (Memories of a Pyrenean hike)
We’re about to take off for a two-week trip to Croatia and Bosnia. We start with a couple of days’ travel on trains and boats (Durham, London, Paris, overnight to…
A Creative Retreat in Scotland
We arrived in the Highlands in the most glorious weather. When you’re driving towards a remote cottage with no electricity in the middle of winter, it helps. If you wait…
Always Wanted to Know What the View Would Be Like from the Top of a Grain Elevator
Another flashback to Between The Rockies and a Hard Place (amzn.to/2a58Vxy). More when I get back from Scotland. My usual perspective on the Great Plains - which was why I…
Just Me and a Biker Gang, Camping out in the Wilds of Oklahoma
I'm taking off for a month's creative retreat in the northern wilderness (Scotland, that is). While I'm away, look out for a couple of extracts from my book Between The…