...and so... a few days after the Hemis Festival I missed my footing whist strolling through Leh, in Ladakh, not looking where I was going, the pain in my right ankle hit me straight away, I still remember

We stopped by the roadside and a tractor overtook us. Then I looked to the right and saw that landscape. I had to tell my companion that many times I get the fleeting feeling of not being in Cuba. Is it

Just a muddy puddle , a wet cold day out on the Curonian Spit Lithuania.

A rather amazing chess set on display under glass in the Rundāle Palace, Latvia; what a piece of treasure. I try but am pretty crap at playing, too much of a non strategy risk taker, I guess in life too.

Just messing about catching some reflections in Rundāle Palace, Latvia; shooting into antique mirrors I do not have a clue who this bloke is Nor this stern looking chappie and a lady displaying her boobies

Writing this up and trying to do some research into the inhabitants, it would seem that the Harry Potter stuff has connections to the graveyard. I can unashamedly say I have never read any of the books

Old Calton Burial ground As graveyards go, this is pretty old, the vast expensive monuments out lasting their incumbents by centuries. There are stories to be told, history to be revealed, so brave the

It was an interesting stop for a few hours on the journey through the Baltic states, it was good to learn of its past history and status during Soviet times. It seems I was not the first Wrexhamian to

Rundāle Palace, built originally in the 16th century, demolished in the 18th and then rebuilt, over the years it changed hands through death and abdication. The area was annexed by The Russian Empire and

I wasn't too expectant today to welcome in the 1st New moon of 2026, it had been a miserable day of cold wintery showers, cloudy skies; but as I rose from a late afternoon snooze in the bath. Drip drying,

Situated in Lahemaa National park, Palmse Manor is a restored baroque mansion and open-air museum. The complex Consists of gardens, and buildings dating back to the 18th century. The finest building being

It has been 4 years since I last visited Tallinn, I was hoping to see lots of new paint on walls, I visited old hunting grounds in the Balti Jaama Turg Area away from the old town. I was disappointed,

The Hemis Monastery, high in the Himalayas, has been around since the 11th century. It is the largest and richest monastery in the region of Ladakh, so much for budda monks being humble and shunning

Estonia has, since the break up of the USSR been a close friend and ally of Ukraine. During the war following putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine Estonia has morally and financially supported Ukraine in

Just some people on the islands across the eastern Caribbean. The matriarch I guess someone has got to do it At first I thought he was shooting up, but in reality I think he was doodling on his knee cap

When the rains stop and the sun goes to work drying the concrete all we are left with is the occasional puddle Be thankfull for puddles.

So strolling around St John's in Antigua, a sudden downpour and darkening skies, I thought a look for somewhere to take temporary shelter would be a damned good idea That'll do thought I, looks pretty

Charlottenberg is a borough of inner city Berlin, since 1945 to the end of partition was in the British sector of control. It is also home to one of the oldest cemeteries in Berlin. Luisenfriedhof, shall

Moscopole is just a small village, where we stopped for lunch on the journey through Albania. Nothing special to see. It was suggested, to work up an appetite after a few hours travelling on the road,

On the walls of the Antigua Recreational Ground All hail King Frank and the band They must be local legends Some serious social messages I wish I could have waxed lyrical about some stunning street art,