Locked down, allowed to venture out for shopping and exercise and forbidden to travel, I resorted to looking back over past holidays. So when did passenger trains fall out of favour in USA? I recall … [Read more...]
Train Travel Then
When did you last take a train? I do not mean the cramped commuter trains that daily carry workers and shoppers into town. I mean the sleek Intercity trains that speed their way across the countryside … [Read more...]
Backache and visit to Chatham
Do you get backache? I do I not mean the twinges after a spate of gardening or those niggles after pushing the vacuum-cleaner back and forth across the carpet. I mean the dull ache across the lumbar … [Read more...]
Liverpool Visit
I have two very clear images in my memory of my first visit to Liverpool many , many years ago. The first is of a hotel bath at the Adelphi Hotel that was large enough to accommodate my three siblings … [Read more...]
Hampton Court Palace
Did you know that there is an exhibition at Hampton Court Palace dedicated to the canvases showing “The Triumphs of Caesar” by the renaissance artist Andrea Mategna (1431 to 1506)? There are nine … [Read more...]
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