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Retired Air Traffic Controller; likes photography travel and sticky toffee pudding. Lives in Amesbury, Wiltshire. Volunteer at Stonehenge. Runs a sort of blog at https//travelrat.wordpress.com
From my archives: Semini travelrat.wordpress.com/2010/07/10/s...
Semini
Brides living in some European countries often have two ceremonies. The Church Wedding, which isn’t obligatory, follows days … or even weeks … after the mandatory civil ceremony. In Antwerp, Belgiu…
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December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Pic of the Week: Our public toilet wasn't a thing of great beauty ... until recently!!
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Pic of the Week: Our public toilet wasn't a thing of great beauty ... until recently!!
From my archives: The Durrell Gardens travelrat.wordpress.com/2018/04/18/t...
The Durrell Gardens
Corfu: 18th October 2017 Today was our last day on Corfu, but we weren’t being picked up to be taken to the airport till 8.30 pm. However, the hotel had a facility to store our luggage, and …
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December 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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The Dahlia Festival at the Stonehenge Visitor Centre last year.
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The Dahlia Festival at the Stonehenge Visitor Centre last year.
December 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
#flowers for #TopTravelPics
#traveladdicts
The Dahlia Festival at the Stonehenge Visitor Centre last year.
#traveladdicts
The Dahlia Festival at the Stonehenge Visitor Centre last year.
From my archives: Beyond the Cataract travelrat.wordpress.com/2021/07/08/b...
Beyond the Cataract
I have to start with an apology. For last week’s ‘Thursday Look-back’ I thought the article I initially selected contained too much that I’d already posted. So, I replaced i…
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December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Today's blog post: Orta San Giulio travelrat.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/o...
Orta San Giulio
Orta San Giulio: 15th October 2025 From the island, it was just a short boat trip across the water to Orta San Giulio, a charming town, with the pastel architecture that just shouts ‘Italy…
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December 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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From my archives: Monastir travelrat.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/m...
Monastir
Monastir 10th June 2008 If you think that ‘Monastir’ sounds like ‘monastery’, you’re probably wondering, as I am, if there’s any connection between the two words. In the Middle Ages, there was an…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
From my archives: Monastir travelrat.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/m...
December 1st .... time for the Christmas socks!
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
December 1st .... time for the Christmas socks!
From my archives: Charles Fort, Kinsale travelrat.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/c...
Charles Fort, Kinsale
Kinsale: September 19th, 2011 It was our last day in Kinsale. It was misty and drizzly, so we didn’t do much. I did make a visit to Charles Fort, which I’d already photographed from out…
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December 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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From my archives: Achenseebahn travelrat.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/a...
Achenseebahn
Jenbach, Austria 2001 I went to Jenbach, in the Austrian Tyrol because I’m an incurable railway freak. The bonus is that there are other attractions, too, which neither run on rails nor are powere…
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November 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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From my archives: La Alberca travelrat.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/l...
La Alberca
I’ve met several people who won’t go to Spain any more. They say it’s crowded with the loud, noisy, vulgar kind of holidaymaker they try to avoid. But, that’s true of only an infinitesimal part of …
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November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Pic of the Week: Lake Orta. For the first time, the visibility allowed us a glimpse of the surrounding mountains. And, it two hours, we'd be boarding a coach to take us to the airport and home!
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Pic of the Week: Lake Orta. For the first time, the visibility allowed us a glimpse of the surrounding mountains. And, it two hours, we'd be boarding a coach to take us to the airport and home!
From my archives: Torrecaballeros travelrat.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/t...
Torrecaballeros
16th October 2012. We’ve been rather busy over the last few days, but still managed to find a few moments for a couple of quick explorations of the town of Torrecaballeros. It’s built on the side o…
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November 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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From my archives: The Debod Temple travelrat.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/t...
The Debod Temple
Madrid: 14th April 2007 (continued) I got off the Open Top Bus to investigate an ‘Egyptian-looking building’ on top of a hill, and found that it is, in fact Egyptian. I’ve visited Egypt several tim…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From my archives: The Debod Temple travelrat.wordpress.com/2007/07/23/t...
From my archives: A Date with a Date travelrat.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/a...
A Date with a Date
Desert Safari, Day 2 Tozeur, 13th June 2008 We headed back to Tozeur, and found our bus among several others, waiting by the side of the road. The previous night, the driver had said to ensure we g…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
From my archives: A Date with a Date travelrat.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/a...
Today's blog post: Venezuela: Michael Palin travelrat.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/v...
Venezuela: Michael Palin
Michael Palin in Venezuela. Hutchinson Heinemann ISBN 978-1-529-15472-6 …
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November 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Today's blog post: Venezuela: Michael Palin travelrat.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/v...
From my archives: Out to the Barrier Reef travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/o...
Out to the Barrier Reef
Cairns: 19th August, 2010. It was drizzling slightly when the taxi arrived to take us to the Reef Fleet Terminal, in Cairns. But, don’t worry, said the helpful, cheery staff at Reef Magic Cruises. …
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November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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From my archives: The Glass Island travelrat.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/t...
The Glass Island
Wednesday, 21st March 2007. Murano If there’s such a thing as ghosts, there must be thousands of them walking the streets of Venice, led by someone saying, over and over again: ‘Trust me! It’s roun…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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From my archives: Maas Cruise travelrat.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/m...
Maas Cruise
Maastricht, 13th July, 2010. If ‘a river runs through it’, there’s a pretty good chance that someone offers cruises on that river, and Maastricht is no exception. The main crui…
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November 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Pic of the Week: Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Pic of the Week: Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy
From my archives: The Kuranda Skyrail travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/t...
The Kuranda Skyrail
Kuranda: 22nd August 2010 Having had our fill of Aboriginal culture, and resisting the temptation to buy too much Aboriginal art in the souvenir shop, we made our way, at the appointed time, to the…
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November 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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From my archives: Night Market, Cairns travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/n...
Night Market, Cairns
Cairns: 20th August 2010 On returning to Cairns from the rain forest tour, we could have been dropped at our accommodation. But, we went into town instead, because Lorraine and Ellie wanted to see …
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November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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From my archives: Travel Theme: Entertainment travelrat.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/t...
Travel Theme: Entertainment
When you move away from the television set or CD player in your living room, entertainment usually takes two forms. There’s the kind where the entertainment is the reason for your travelling, and t…
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November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
From my archives: Travel Theme: Entertainment travelrat.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/t...
Today's blog post: The Way of Silence travelrat.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/t...
The Way of Silence
The Way of Silence One of the short walks around Isola di San Giulio is called ‘The Way of Silence’, and I defy anyone of a certain age who does this walk not to do so without humming the tune of a…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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From my archives: Travel Theme: Naughty or Nice travelrat.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/t...
Travel Theme: Naughty or Nice
Whenever I visit Spain, at the earliest opportunity, I visit a churreria, to partake of a breakfast of chocolate con churros. For the benefit of those who don’t know, it’s a plate of deep-fried dou…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
From my archives: Travel Theme: Naughty or Nice travelrat.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/t...