richard's travels

Czech and Slovakia

In 1989 the Velvet Revolution toppled the communist rule of Czechoslovakia allowing for the eventual dissolution of the country. On

The aim of this blog was to contrast Warsaw and Krakow, and use a catchy title like ‘Poles Apart’. Instead

Following on from the superlative-laden Estonia, the next country that required checking off the list was Latvia, and Riga in

I have a problem! I seem to enthuse about every new place I visit. But surely they can’t all be

SPOILER ALERT : This article may contain pretty pictures and things you already know! Russia; a country of which many

Having had a complete camera failure following condensation damage at Vic Falls (the rice treatment was only a temporary reprieve),

Electronic updates are rare due to the vagaries of wifi, and reading back over posts reminds me how much I

With the Namib Desert behind, the journey trailed east towards the Etosha National Park (NP). Wildlife abounds, and on our

Casting aside the fortnight in Barbados as a mere apperitif, the journey begins here in Africa, a continent so vast

I’ve lived in Derbyshire for fourteen years, and never more than eight miles from the National Trust’s Kedleston Hall. But