Category Archives: travel

Attaboy

Posted on 23 August, 2015 by

Or rather, Attaboys. Worthy of a Sun headline perhaps? On the lines of Gotcha. (A reference to the sinking of the ARA Belgrano by the RN in 1982.) Readers will know I’m among the first to denounce endless unnecessary military … Continue reading →

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Do journalists have morals?

Posted on 25 March, 2013 by

Apparently not. A blogging friend recently compared plumbers with politicians, journalists, sex-offenders and bankers in the scheme of detritus of life. Given that my partner does plumbing work as part of his multi-skilled toolbox and I’m a trained and qualified … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, journalism, life, musings, travel, UK, work, writing | Tagged | 24 Comments

More super shopping

Posted on 10 November, 2012 by

Shopping never fails to amaze me. Not that I do it very often, and try my best to palm off that tedious task onto Partner. Even doing the washing up or mopping the floors is a worthwhile trade. As my … Continue reading →

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Travel theme: animals

Posted on 7 October, 2012 by

I thought I would do a challenge for once. Aw, some cute animal photos? It’s from ‘Where’s my backpack?’ who, like half the blogging world, does a weekly challenge theme. The current one is animals, to celebrate World Animal Day … Continue reading →

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Stupidity

Posted on 8 May, 2012 by

I have to say for once that I have little to write. Sensitive souls may read on, this is not an animal abuse post, ie there is no vicious cruelty reported or depicted. Although, one could say that invading an … Continue reading →

Posted in animal rights, animals, environment, environmentalism, life, musings, nature, safari, travel, writing | Tagged | 16 Comments

Journalism (5) – career moves

Posted on 22 April, 2012 by

One day, a colleague took me aside and confided that she was applying for a new job. In PR. ‘In PR!’ I said, horrified. ‘Whatever for? Don’t you like being a journalist?’I asked, thinking that was all anyone would ever … Continue reading →

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Consumerism (7) – it doesn’t matter to me

Posted on 10 April, 2012 by

The much-heralded post and the final one in the series. Perhaps the most important one too. Oh. Why? Because it is the one where you can make a difference. I was going to insert a terribly clever digression here to … Continue reading →

Posted in animal rights, animals, blogging, consumerism, dogs, drugs, environment, environmentalism, europe, feminism, food, life, music, news, politics, poverty, shopping, travel, vegan, vegetarian, vegetarianism, War | Tagged , , , , | 21 Comments

Consumerism (5) – burning up

Posted on 27 March, 2012 by

Needing a break from the intellectual analysis of world poverty, I thought I would take a look at something simple. And totally related to world poverty – gas guzzlers. Of which we have a glorious three. I like to be … Continue reading →

Posted in consumerism, cycling, environment, environmentalism, europe, life, money, poverty, travel | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments

Consumerism (2) – holidays and travel

Posted on 21 March, 2012 by

Holidays. The two weeks in the year that we all work towards. Or three, or four, depending on how blessed you are in your job. It always confused me why people seemed to accept slaving away for 50 weeks to … Continue reading →

Posted in consumerism, death, environment, environmentalism, europe, family, holidays, home, life, musings, parents, spain, travel, work | Tagged , , , , , | 28 Comments

On hitch-hiking

Posted on 18 January, 2011 by

For no particular reason, I was recently reflecting on my hitch-hiking experiences of the distant past. I was of course, brought up ‘never, NEVER, to accept a lift from a stranger.’ Not bad advice by any stretch of the imagination. … Continue reading →

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Solitude

Posted on 11 October, 2009 by

The other day I bumped into someone I know who lives nearby. I know them well enough to stand around chatting to. It turned out we were going in the same direction. My heart sank. I did not want to … Continue reading →

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Where are you going?

Posted on 31 July, 2009 by

So there I was, standing at the bus stop as you do, when you are waiting for a bus. I’d been there about 15 minutes and the bus was due soonish. Suddenly a car pulls into the bus stop, and … Continue reading →

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Driving test

Posted on 29 June, 2009 by

Well done on passing your test. Now you need to learn how to drive. How many of us have heard that one? Oh, and who is it usually from? Men, who invariably didn’t pass first time, and continue to break … Continue reading →

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