by Ian | May 26, 2019 | Canada, Canada
Say ‘Goodbye’ and Wave ‘Hello’ – Musings from YVR Airport In the winter of 1999, on a bus travelling from Bruxelles to Bordeaux, I met a man named Dave. I had placed cotton swabs between each of my toes because huge blisters had formed from all of my exploring...
by Ian | May 30, 2019 | England
Pooh Sticks – Hartfield and The Hundred Acre Wood I feel compelled to preface my story about the legendary bear of the Hundred Acre Wood by stating that our meeting was a surprising one that, in many ways, subverted my expectations. The account you are about to...
by Ian | Jun 5, 2019 | England
Zone 1’s easternmost borough has cleaned itself up a bit in the 21st century, though it once held the dubious distinction of being London’s filthiest and most crime filled district. Today, Spitalfields Market, lying on the west side of Commercial street, is a...
by Ian | Jun 9, 2019 | England, Europe
Annabelle Loon and His Winning Horse – A Not So Tall Tale From the Raven in Bath Every day feels like a quiet day at the Raven when you’re a regular. On holiday weekends the tourists flood in for a pint of local ale and that’s when Paul and Andy and Little Kev...
by Ian | Jun 10, 2019 | England
It was cloudy and rainy on my journey by city bus from Bath to Bristol. I was headed that day to Worcester where I’d be settling in for four days and, as I had been in Bath the previous four, and I needed to get myself to a more major port of call in order to begin...
