Travel

Just occasionally, ever since I was a small boy with a vivid imagination – and rather in the style of mountaineer George Mallory who is said to have replied “Because it’s there” when asked why he wished to climb Mount Everest – I have actively considered making a pilgrimage to [...]

Taking my cue from Neil Rosen’s review of Trains Planes and Automobiles, which I much enjoyed, I thought I might emulate the nightmare trip yesterday. i am often told that Brighton  is under an hour by train and therefore most convenient, transport wise. Not so. I complimented National [...]

Auguri ( greetings) from Pattaya Beach, Thailand where Umberto and I have decamped for a holiday. Florence is not  a Xmas city and we have the winter break in our football. I receive the occasional despairing text from Alan Tanner. In Italy the sporting director/head coach system is universal, but [...]

We were rather cut off by the storms in East Sussex so we had a quiet dinner with our neighbours. Polly, our horse dealing friend from Brighton, came over during the day and spent some time in the sanctuary. She is one of these bright young women that always lifts our spirits, but she was seeing in [...]

I had planned well in advance to take my aunt Maud for a trip to the South Coast . Although not in a wheelchair , mobility is an issue for her. She went to Roedean and always enjoys a visit to her alma mater. It turned out to be the journey from hell. Victoria Station is a building site and our [...]