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As some of you know, I have written parts of books on just about every form of transport there is. Trains are great for this — but here I am in Porthmadog, Wales, and for most of the Welsh journey … Continue reading
My publisher, Orbit, had a 40 year birthday bash at Grange St Paul’s Hotel, in the Sky Bar. Apart from meeting my present editor, publicist and other many Orbit folk for the first time, which was lovely, there was also … Continue reading
I am now in London after a looooong journey. However, I was reminded that air travel can also be quite pleasant. The first leg of the journey lacked passengers — in my section of the plane there were about 10 … Continue reading
After a last look at the Cape Range National Park at Exmouth, we took a look at Pebble Beach, which was exactly as described, and left behind the peninsular behind (if you want to see emus and kangaroos in the … Continue reading
Gorge. Not Canyon. (see my comment below) Land slips — each gash perhaps 4m – 6 m high More land slips… the blue in the distance is the sea Couldn’t find out the origin of the name… who was Charles … Continue reading
Exmouth … still working on the copy edit! The area sprang to fame during the cold war because of the US base there keeping a watch on what the Russians were up to. Now it is better known for the … Continue reading
The Cape Range National Park has more than just the coast and the sea to offer visitors. There’s also the gorges. That’s my sister middle right, to give an idea of scale. Ospreys were nesting in that gash in the … Continue reading
On the way from Coral Bay to Exmouth Close ups of the exterior of the termite’s nest above… … Continue reading
Yesterday my post showed our modest rig on the road. This is what it looked like at one of our numerous stopovers. The beds are pulled out at either end. And yes, this time I really am doing that copyedit… … Continue reading
This above was our first pitstop on the way north, and shows our rig, which was to be our home for the next 3 weeks. This was a lookout along the highway north, looking across to Shark Bay. You can … Continue reading