Shipshape
Happy New Year, one and all! I trust that you’ve had a peaceful and enjoyable festive break? At the start of 2015, after a long time…
Category: Journey
Skye Glass
Two weeks ago, Julian Calverley invited me on an impromptu visit to the Isle of Skye, a stunningly beautiful wilderness in the far north of Scotland.…
Rum at Dusk
“All the complex wires of life were stripped out and he could see the structure of life. “Nothing but rock and sea, the tiny figures…
Postcards from the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
I’ve been involved in a rather special journey over the last week or so — accompanying my friend Duncan Davis on his narrowboat, Pearl Barley, from…
A Pilgrimage to Bardsey Island
The Llŷn Peninsula sits on the very north western corner of Wales. We (like many others) have always referred to it as the pig’s ear…
Ordnance Artworks
The Ordnance Survey maps I mentioned in my last post really are extraordinary. We’re so fortunate to have such beautiful artworks made for us… This…