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Retired Air Traffic Controller; likes photography travel and sticky toffee pudding. Lives in Amesbury, Wiltshire. Volunteer at Stonehenge. Runs a sort of blog at https//travelrat.wordpress.com
From my archives: A Date with a Date travelrat.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/a...
A Date with a Date
Desert Safari, Day 2 Tozeur, 13th June 2008 We headed back to Tozeur, and found our bus among several others, waiting by the side of the road. The previous night, the driver had said to ensure we g…
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November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Today's blog post: Venezuela: Michael Palin travelrat.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/v...
Venezuela: Michael Palin
Michael Palin in Venezuela. Hutchinson Heinemann ISBN 978-1-529-15472-6 …
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November 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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From my archives: Out to the Barrier Reef travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/o...
Out to the Barrier Reef
Cairns: 19th August, 2010. It was drizzling slightly when the taxi arrived to take us to the Reef Fleet Terminal, in Cairns. But, don’t worry, said the helpful, cheery staff at Reef Magic Cruises. …
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November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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From my archives: The Glass Island travelrat.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/t...
The Glass Island
Wednesday, 21st March 2007. Murano If there’s such a thing as ghosts, there must be thousands of them walking the streets of Venice, led by someone saying, over and over again: ‘Trust me! It’s roun…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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From my archives: Maas Cruise travelrat.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/m...
Maas Cruise
Maastricht, 13th July, 2010. If ‘a river runs through it’, there’s a pretty good chance that someone offers cruises on that river, and Maastricht is no exception. The main crui…
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November 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
From my archives: Maas Cruise travelrat.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/m...
Pic of the Week: Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Pic of the Week: Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy
From my archives: The Kuranda Skyrail travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/t...
The Kuranda Skyrail
Kuranda: 22nd August 2010 Having had our fill of Aboriginal culture, and resisting the temptation to buy too much Aboriginal art in the souvenir shop, we made our way, at the appointed time, to the…
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November 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
From my archives: The Kuranda Skyrail travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/t...
From my archives: Night Market, Cairns travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/n...
Night Market, Cairns
Cairns: 20th August 2010 On returning to Cairns from the rain forest tour, we could have been dropped at our accommodation. But, we went into town instead, because Lorraine and Ellie wanted to see …
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November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
From my archives: Night Market, Cairns travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/n...
From my archives: Travel Theme: Entertainment travelrat.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/t...
Travel Theme: Entertainment
When you move away from the television set or CD player in your living room, entertainment usually takes two forms. There’s the kind where the entertainment is the reason for your travelling, and t…
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November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
From my archives: Travel Theme: Entertainment travelrat.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/t...
Today's blog post: The Way of Silence travelrat.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/t...
The Way of Silence
The Way of Silence One of the short walks around Isola di San Giulio is called ‘The Way of Silence’, and I defy anyone of a certain age who does this walk not to do so without humming the tune of a…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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From my archives: Travel Theme: Naughty or Nice travelrat.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/t...
Travel Theme: Naughty or Nice
Whenever I visit Spain, at the earliest opportunity, I visit a churreria, to partake of a breakfast of chocolate con churros. For the benefit of those who don’t know, it’s a plate of deep-fried dou…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
From my archives: Travel Theme: Naughty or Nice travelrat.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/t...
From my archives: The Bicycles of Burano travelrat.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/t...
The Bicycles of Burano
21st March 2007 (continued) Burano Last time, we were by the lighthouse at Murano, waiting for the vaporetto to Burano. That’s the island where the lace-manufacturing industry has its centre. Like …
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November 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
From my archives: The Bicycles of Burano travelrat.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/t...
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Find out about places I enjoyed visiting in Croatia, including both inland and coastal options.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Find out about places I enjoyed visiting in Croatia, including both inland and coastal options.
www.rjontour.com/croatia/ #travel #Croatia #travelblogger
www.rjontour.com/croatia/ #travel #Croatia #travelblogger
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10 of the best train journeys in Australia
(The Sunday Times - UK)
The T1 to Emu Plains misses out again.
www.thetimes.com/article/159f...
(The Sunday Times - UK)
The T1 to Emu Plains misses out again.
www.thetimes.com/article/159f...
10 of the best train journeys in Australia
From historic railway day trips to transcontinental adventures, we reveal the best train journeys in Australia.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
10 of the best train journeys in Australia
(The Sunday Times - UK)
The T1 to Emu Plains misses out again.
www.thetimes.com/article/159f...
(The Sunday Times - UK)
The T1 to Emu Plains misses out again.
www.thetimes.com/article/159f...
From my archives: Leeds Castle travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/l...
Leeds Castle
Leeds Castle: 18th July 2011. On the way home, we called at Leeds Castle. This is what Garry and Joanne particularly wanted to see, but couldn’t, so we called in to get some pictures and video for …
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November 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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From my archives: A Visit to Grumpy's travelrat.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/a...
A Visit to Grumpy’s
When I blogged about Australian beer last week, I neglected to mention the excellent beer brewed by a micro-brewery in the hills behind Adelaide, which we visited in 2006. It’s near Hahndorf, a vil…
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November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Pic of the Week: 'The Way of Silence'. Isola San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy.
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Pic of the Week: 'The Way of Silence'. Isola San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy.
From my archives: Desmond Castle, Kinsale travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/d...
Desmond Castle, Kinsale.
Kinsale: 14th September 2011. I think Desmond Castle is the first one I ever visited that stood, not on the top of a hill, or in beautiful gardens, but in a street of houses. It dates from around t…
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November 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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From my archives: Tiles travelrat.wordpress.com/2021/03/28/1...
Tiles
I’ve been ranting a lot about the lack of travel shows in the 50-odd TV channels available to me. So, it came as a refreshing change to find Europe From Above on the National Geographic Channel. Th…
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
From my archives: Tiles travelrat.wordpress.com/2021/03/28/1...
From my archives: Matmata. The Cave Dwellings travelrat.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/m...
Matmata: The Cave Dwellings
Desert Safari Day 1 (continued) Matmata, 12th June 2008. They describe the cave houses at Matmata as ‘troglodyte dwellings’. I don’t really like the word ‘troglodyte̵…
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November 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
From my archives: Matmata. The Cave Dwellings travelrat.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/m...
Today's blog post: Isola San Giulio travelrat.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/i...
Isola San Giulio
Isola San Giulio: 15th October 2025. We’re not seeing Lake Orta at its best at the moment, for it’s rather misty and hazy. This morning, we simply walked through the hotel gardens to th…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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From my archives: Skinny Dog to Coober Pedy travelrat.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/s...
Skinny Dog to Coober Pedy
Coober Pedy: 23rd April 2012. If you can remember that far back, our original plan was the ride the ‘Ghan’ train from Darwin to Adelaide, breaking the journey in Alice Springs to tour the Red Centr…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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From my archives: Arrival at Alesund. travelrat.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/a...
Arrival at Ålesund
Ålesund: 18th March 2013. Last night was even rougher than the previous. Of course, the company can’t be held responsible for the weather. The odd loose article rolling around the cabin can usually…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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From my archives: National Express travelrat.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/n...
National Express
Digbeth Street/Is the street Where all the northbound coaches meet In Birmingham (apologies to Spencer Williams) In the past, I’ve often ranted … nay, fulminated … about the squalid tip that wa…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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From my archives: Annecy travelrat.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/a...
Annnecy
Annecy: 21st September 2008 On the way to Annecy, I stopped to photograph the Château de Menthon St. Bernard, because I was sure I’d seen it before, even though this was my first ever visit to the …
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November 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
From my archives: Annecy travelrat.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/a...