I’ve never really thought about the early life of puppies before. We all know they’re off-the-scale cute, bags of fun, and can melt even the...
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Once a civil servant, always a civil servant … so they say. Well, THEY don’t really say that, but Andy and I do blurt it...
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I’ve always believed people who read books are more receptive to new ideas. Possibly because that’s partly what I get from reading books. Review sites...
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There was a time when I’d have been seriously freaked out by the sound of heavy breathing directly outside the bedroom window, especially when the...
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Here’s something to ponder before reading the second paragraph. Think of first lines from five novels. The first five that pop into your head. What...
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The title is both a question and a statement. It could mean, want to write for a living? But it also may refer to how...
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I know it’s not uncommon for people in the writing profession to have doubts about writing ability. One writer friend described himself as being a...
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This week I received a threatening letter from the Avon and Somerset Constabulary informing me our car had been observed speeding. When I saw where,...
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We hug, we kiss, we smile, and we laugh. As we walk into town, I give them a demonstration of voice recognition prejudice, my incalcitrant...
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For more than a decade, I’ve been writing about living in another country in one format or another. Initially it involved shenanigans on Tenerife, and...
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By the Time Dawn Breaks
A tale of mystery & magic from the Canary Islands. available to buy on Amazon here
Camel Spit & Cork Trees
A fast-moving travelogue about life in off the beaten track areas of Portugal - [Find Out More]
The Real Tenerife
An insider's guide to Tenerife written with insight and passion by travel writers who, for 14 years, lived on the island ... [Find Out More]
Walk This Way Tenerife
The best of Tenerife’s walking routes written by travel writers specialising in Tenerife & the Canary Islands... [Find Out More]
