United Kingdom travel stories

Grand Cayman Island, 1978

She was standing beside the road waiting for me: a large, dignified black woman in an old-fashion print dress. I pulled my little motor bike over and asked, "Mrs. Whitaker?" "You must be the yo...

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Europe, 1970

It was a warm, sunny day and, as noon approached, the cars thinned out. It seemed everybody was taking the traditional long French lunch. I had been standing beside the road with my thumb out for q...

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Skye - A comedy in three parts

Featuring : Nick the hapless protagonist, Nigel the hapless sidekick, a SEAT Ibiza, the Isle of Skye, bucket loads of bad luck and lashings of Scottish weather. I am no longer a atheist ! I ...

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Brass Monkeys in Glencoe

I have never been so cold, tired and wet in my life. It was great! I flew up to my favourite corner of Scotland to undergo some "Winter Mountaineering" training. I use the word undergo beca...

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London March '99

Large bodies distort the shape of space around them. Their mass curves space and time and alters the fabric of the universe around them. Large cities similarly alter the social fabric of the uni...

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