Travel Journal

I implore you to hire a scooter

Travel like a local, wobble like a tourist

Jan 3 •

Along the river to Auchterarder

Talkative rooks, silly cars and the epicentre of a schism

Oct 16, 2024 •

Glimpses of the forsaken eternal

Amid Italian rubble, there are questions I can't avoid. This post was inspired by visits to some of the destroyed and decaying churches in the old town…

Oct 5, 2024 •

The night I became a passenger in my own skin

A perspective on sentience, from a weird bike ride in an ordinary place

Sep 26, 2024 •

Travelling vicariously with John Muir

Some insights on contentment, awe and sufficiency

Aug 25, 2024 •

April in the Peloponnese

How I've been coming to terms with heat, slowness and the work ahead

May 6, 2024 •

Traces of fascism

Imagine the stories this secluded door could tell...

Feb 24, 2024 •

A very Swiss welcome

Hello from the country that doesn't want you to know how welcome you are

Feb 11, 2024 •

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