Sicily always sounds like a good idea. A year in to a pandemic, an Italian island escape sounds like heaven on earth. With the small matter of the aforementioned pandemic my only recourse to scratch such an itch was to visit the island via some good old fashioned crime fiction. Enter The Shape of Water. … Continue reading Book Review: The Shape of Water
How to spend a weekend in the Scottish capital during a pandemic. Continue reading Edinburgh
There was a bang at the front door. Urgently I rushed to see what the commotion was. When I got there the garden gate was swinging on its hinges but there was nobody to be seen. At my feet lay a parcel, my name attached to it. So I picked it up and went back … Continue reading Book Review: British Football’s Greatest Grounds
The sound of children’s laughter. So wholesome, so joyful, so humiliating. I was half asleep and stood with my hands raised above my head having just performed some kind of clean and jerk with my suitcase. The jerk part was 100% accurate. Sat in front of my crotch a woman I had never met before … Continue reading Interrail Tip #2
I wasn’t sure of exactly why I was there. But I was there regardless. Graz railway station, Austria. I was tired and miles away from where I was supposed to be. Like a shining beacon the train I now had to catch appeared on the horizon, brakes working as it slowed to a halt next … Continue reading Interrail Tip #1
A blank page can be an incredibly exciting thing. Myriad possibilities of how to fill such pages flutter in and out of my head on a daily basis. For the past few months, particularly when it comes to writing for this blog, my head has been devoid of such ideas. Numerous new word documents have … Continue reading Banishing The Blank Page
After a morning of walking around it felt nice to stop for a second and let the human traffic orbit me as I took in my surroundings. As always my meandering had a vague end goal which I had finally met. The sun was shining down on me with no threat of rain for what … Continue reading Berlin
It is an unusual sensation when the prey spots the predator first yet still knows that there can be no escape. The senses heighten, the heart beats in time with the falling rain drops only momentarily before racing off to its own thumping rhythm. Those vibrations are carried over the thick air along with silent … Continue reading Prague
Since I began to take a more serious interest in travel the word Croatia has always conjured up images of sun, sandy beaches and clear blue seas overlooked by stunning towns (beforehand the nation was synonymous with Luka Modric and one of the most beautiful football kits I’ve ever seen). With this in mind it … Continue reading Zagreb
Doing things conventionally has never been one of my strong points. That is why I’ve decided during a global pandemic with lockdown measures in place to start a travel blog. Maverick, I know. You can be my Goose if you want. Just don’t die. I should probably warn you that there will be Top Gun … Continue reading An Introduction
Free Range Ben 