

Escape to Coronaville
Part I - Lagos Hello from Lagos, Nigeria! With only a few days left now until I board that succession of silver birds back to the loving...


West Side Boys Story
Readers of my last blog, who did not immediately unsubscribe after reading it, will be pleased to hear that things have improved since I...


Halftime Report
And now let’s go over to Nobby in the box for the halftime report… I’m now exactly halfway through my long-awaited sabbatical, although...


Race to Dakar
Gibraltar, Winter, 2000 Standing atop the famous rock, while waiting expectantly for one of the wild barbary apes to attack an...


How the Hell did I get Here?
Well, it actually happened. I went to Antarctica and returned, a changed man. I’ve seen things. Penguins, mostly. And icebergs. At the...


Antartida Dreaming
Ushuaia, 5th Nov 2019. It’s taken me two straight days to get from Sydney to the southernmost city in the world, lodged in front of the...