Ashore
Feeling sick is the pits when you’re travelling
Have I been sick when travelling? Yes, indeed. If you have to be sick when on the road, it’s best to be snuggled into a warm bed in a nice hotel somewhere, just an arm’s […]
Ashore
Ashore in Europe
Derwent Pencils – nostalgia at our fingertips
The thing I wanted most as a primary school student was a box of coloured pencils, specifically Derwent pencils, emblazoned with a picture of Britain’s beautiful Lake District. My wish came true and I duly […]
Ashore
Lombok – turtles, turquoise water and a touch of paradise
It’s the perfect time to visit Lombok before Bali’s little cousin loses its peaceful persona Spiritual experiences are often hard to come by although I was once moved to tears as the bells of Prague’s […]
Ashore
Venice citizens sick of cruise ships – a new ban is announced
Death in Venice – is the cruise ship industry loving Venice too much? Situated on the edge of the Adriatic Sea and surrounded by water, one imagines Venice as the ideal cruise destination. Well it […]
Ashore
Motoring Women – Getting under that metal bonnet
I know very little about cars. However, after buying my adorable little Ford KA many years ago, I attended a free ‘motoring for women’ workshop, a benefit that came with Ford ownership. I do love […]
Ashore in Asia
Uzbekistan Adventure – mosques, madrasahs and mosaics
Travels of the exotic kind – following the Silk Route from Tashkent to Khiva CRIMINALS and unfaithful wives were thrown from the Kalyan Minaret in Bukhara, known as the Tower of Death. I look up at […]
Ashore in the Americas
San Franciso – Hippy Heaven
In San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district I went looking for the last rays of the Summer of Love. I’d missed the hippy revolution, being straight jacketed in a school uniform imprisoned behind Catholic school gates in […]