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Rob’s Radio Hour No.5
The winter of 2010. Sub-zero temperatures, again. I had a big wood burning stove at the time, and used to put my recording desk as close to it as possible, without everything catching fire. Anyhows, if interested, a bit of … Continue reading
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The Unforgiven – would you forgive them?
In my previous post I was banging on about how I’m presently living in a caravan for two weeks, while we have guests in the gite, and it’s the first time I’ve been caravan bound in fierce weather since the … Continue reading
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Haines, Alaska
Do you know how sometimes you come across a song that really takes you back to the past? This particular song is not just from a travel adventure, for me it’s also associated with a woman I was madly in … Continue reading
Main Lines and Branch Lines
I’ve always had a fascination with railways. Part of this might be because I was born in London and grew up there. London, of course, has an extensive rail network. I can still just about remember working steam engines on … Continue reading
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Birthdays and Boobs
Last Monday I started working in the garden. The task in hand was to re-build the enclosure around the oil tank. The tank and enclosure were installed back in 2007, when I began the renovation work on the house. Over … Continue reading
The Cassier Highway
Google Street View are now just about everywhere (which probably includes your gastrointestinal tract), which once again allows me to do a re-run of one of the Pacific Northwest wilderness roads I drove back in 1999 (last year, via Street … Continue reading
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Where the Streets Have No Name
During the autumn and winter of 1987/88 I was living in Calgary, in western Canada. I was 23 years old and hopelessly in love with a girl who didn’t love me. In the subzero temperatures of a Canadian winter, this … Continue reading
Arctic memories
During various moves over the years a lot of the Alaska trip photos have been lost, particularly shots I took on the Dalton Highway. So, I was delighted to discover recently that Google Street View now do the Dalton Highway. … Continue reading
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The Yukon Queen…
… is of course the name I gave to the No.1 car, after we made a record-breaking drive up to the Arctic Ocean in Alaska. That was in 1999 and since then the book I’ve written about the 2CV Alaska … Continue reading
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Everyone has an Aeroflot story
Andre and I got off the train at Beijing Central Station, which had one of the biggest waiting rooms in the world, capable of holding 4,000 people. We’d been travelling for three weeks by rail across Europe, Russia, Siberia and … Continue reading
Mr Mouse’s 50th Birthday
When you wish upon a star Makes no difference who you are Tinny and distorted, the song blared from an array of speakers strung above the street. I covered my ears. A big blue bear stopped in front of me. … Continue reading
Dance in the Old Fashioned Way
London. A freezing winter’s afternoon. A back street in Soho. Below the bell push a small card said: ‘Young French Model’. The door was opened by an old lady who looked like everyone’s favourite granny. She wore an overcoat and … Continue reading