travel

  • Portsmouth

    Portsmouth

    In which I visit one of the country’s foremost literary towns…

  • Fenland

    Fenland

    In which I discover a wilderness on my doorstep and possibly meet a celebrity…

  • Beware the stinking fish

    Beware the stinking fish

    “Beware my Laura (she would often say) Beware of the insipid Vanities and idle Dissipations of…

  • A Fine City

    A Fine City

    In which I return to the city of my youth…

  • Steep!

    Steep!

    In which I discover the most aptly named village in Britain…

  • Winchester

    Winchester

    In which I discover the ancient Saxon capital city…

  • A Pilgrim’s Progress

    A Pilgrim’s Progress

    In which I go on a pilgrimage through Bedfordshire to discover John Bunyan…

  • This is Diss

    This is Diss

    In which Mrs. P and I explore the Norfolk/Suffolk borders…

  • Highgate

    Highgate

    In which I visit a lot of graves…

  • Poppyland

    Poppyland

    Or ‘Clement Scott slept in my bathroom’.