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I lost my glasses today. It’s becoming a more regular occurrence. My wife, Chris, often has the same problem. Forgetfulness is a sign of that dreaded phenomenon: ageing. It’s something that happens to us all sooner or later. I looked everywhere for them but to no avail. So I dug out my spare pair and…
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I’m writing this at that strange time of the year — the week between Christmas and New Year. Some have dubbed it “Twixmas” while others have cornily called it “Crimbo Limbo”. Half of the population is desperately clinging on to the so called festive season, while the other half is keen to get back to…
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It was the last 2 days of our Turkish tour, travelling with a bunch of interesting people led by our indomitable guide, Abdullah. Our tour group was not only interesting and sociable — 3 of them had become overnight heroes. An Indonesian tourist had suddenly arrested in the hotel restaurant the evening before, and the…
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After a long coach journey from Antalya ( Turkiye), we had finally made it to Cappadocia, the land of a thousand tourist dreams. According to AI its the Turkish land of unique “fairy chimney” rock formations, cave dwellings and underground cities. It sounds like a veritable heaven for today’s armies of camera clicking Instagrammers. I…
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My wife Chris and I were recently lured to Turkiye on a bargain price escorted tour. We had no intention of going away in November. However, the exotic sounding places and the almost unbelievable price persuaded us to go for it. Everyone assumed we were aiming for a dose of winter sun, but we actually…
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I’ve been to Turkey 3 times before but this was my first trip to Turkiye. ( Ha Ha!) The Turks have recently changed the name of their country, maybe because they were fed up with being associated in the West with the festive season’s sacrificial bird. My first visit was to Istanbul, on my own,…
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I’m approaching my 76th birthday so most people would classify me as an old man. I’ve recently been accused of talking more in the past tense than in the present or future, but I think that’s fair enough as I’ve been around for over three quarters of a century. I have a lot to look…
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For the last 15 years or so I have been blogging. In other words I have been writing down my thoughts about various subjects on the internet and, incredibly, people from all over the world have read them. I say “incredibly” because for over half my life the internet didn’t exist. The thought of exchanging…
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WHY OXFORD? I’ve just been to Oxford. I know that’s not very original and not much to shout about. It’s on every bucket listers hit list when they are “doing” England. However, I had 3 really good reasons for going there : 1. My travel buddy, Ian, has never been. 2. It’s a fantastic city…
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