That’s right, Scotland. Again. It’s so depressing coming back home and being stuck in a terraced house surrounded by more terraced boxes, with a view across the other grey boxes of Coventry. Especially since I was up there five days this time – it was starting to feel like home. (That’s Braincroft lodge right in ...

I’ve just added my writeup of my 1997 trip to Malawi to the writings page. It used to be on the old version of this site, but I’d forgotten to move it to the new version, until now.

This week I went to Ireland, and I’ve just got back. We went on Monday afternoon and immediately after arriving drove right across to Galway where we stayed in a backpackers’ hostel. (Barnacles Quay Street – it was nice and clean, but I didn’t get much sleep because the other people in the dorm made ...

This afternoon I drove to Ashby de la Zouch to take some photos of the castle. I got there at half past three which only gave me half an hour before they closed. I did consider coming back later since there was only a small wooden fence, but it probably would have got too dark, ...

I’ve not knowingly heard Norah Jones before (although I’m sure I’ve heard her on the radio or TV at some point), but since Amazon keeps telling me to buy her latest album I did, although I got it from Virgin instead when I was in town this morning, looking for things to waste my money ...

This last weekend I went to Scotland again. I drove instead of flying this time. It took me six and a quarter hours to get there, with no problems until I driving along the Crieff – Comrie road. The engine started losing power, and stopped altogether just as I drew up outside Andrew’s house. Fortunately, ...

Yesterday I went into Gosford Books in Coventry to look for a book for a friend. I had a look over the novels section but didn’t see it. There didn’t seem to be any particular order to the books there anyway. So I asked the owner if he had the book. ‘The Four Feathers, by ...