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Keep cyclists off pedestrian paths

For a long time I have battled against cyclists who refuse to dismount on pedestrian paths and expect me to give way to them. On the footpath in question there was a sign of a black cyclist within a r ...

admin 8077 views 0 likes Jan 20, 2015

The breath-taking scenery is a joy in this well-made entertaining film

Joyce Glasser reviews WILD (January 16, 2015) Cert 12, 115 mins. Following Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée’s Dallas Buyers’ Club, which Beat 12 Years a Slave to claim the Best Actor and Best Suppor ...

admin 3018 views 0 likes Jan 16, 2015

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Soon after I retired a walking friend asked if I was interested in attempting to walk to the top of Africa. Mount Kilimanjaro is the crown of Tanzania and Africa’s highest mountain at 19345 feet ...

admin 2681 views 0 likes Nov 26, 2014

You must visit Windermere in autumn

It wasn’t meant as a test but Rob the assistant manager listed the hotel’s choice of four fine rums with impressive ease before I realised they were written in the drinks booklet lying uns ...

admin 2225 views 0 likes Nov 17, 2014