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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: Elder Park travelrat.wordpress.com/2016/07/29/e...
Elder Park
Quite often, we’re told how much Adelaide has changed since we were last here. We point out that we were only here three years ago, but there has still been many changes. The most obvious one…
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January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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From my archives: Here Be Tygers ... Allegedly! travelrat.wordpress.com/2018/12/20/h...
Here Be Tygers … Allegedly!
Ranthambore: 24th September 2018 We had an early start this morning, to board a robust, open-topped bus for a bone-shaking ride to the Ranthambore National Park to … hopefully … see tigers. The roa…
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January 25, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Pic of the Week: Salisbury Cathedral
January 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Pic of the Week: Salisbury Cathedral
From my archives: Throwback Thursday: Delft travelrat.wordpress.com/2022/10/20/t...
Throwback Thursday: Delft
I’ve often mentioned Vermeer’s best-known masterpiece, The Girl with the Pearl Ear-ring, and the citizens of The Hague are pretty proud of the artist, for he was a local boy, born in Delft, nowaday…
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January 24, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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From my archives: Croquetas de Jamon travelrat.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/c...
Croquetas de Jamòn
I have Su-lin to thank for the excellent article and mouth-watering recipe for croquetas de jamòn at Tamarind and Thyme. It wasn’t exactly an introduction; I already knew of these crispy, cr…
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January 23, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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From my archives: Skinny Dog to Coober Pedy travelrat.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/s...
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January 22, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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From my archives: The Mary Valley Rattler travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/t...
The Mary Valley Rattler
I was going to defer my posts and video about the Mary Valley Heritage Railway because I heard they had been affected by the floods in January. That wasn’t quite true; they had, of course, shut dow…
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January 21, 2026 at 3:08 PM
From my archives: The Mary Valley Rattler travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/t...
Today's blog post: Up the Gornergrat travelrat.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/u...
Up the Gornergrat
Gornergratbahn: 16th October 2025. After lunch, it was on with the jackets, sunglasses and woolly hats, for the 30 minute mountain railway ride to the summit of the Gornergrat. And, of course, out …
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January 21, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Today's blog post: Up the Gornergrat travelrat.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/u...
From my archives: Throwback Thursday: Tram No. 6 travelrat.wordpress.com/2022/09/29/t...
Throwback Thursday:Tram No. 6
The well-known fictional character Count Dracula is believed to be based on a rather unsavoury mediaeval blot called Vlad Drakul, also called Vlad the Impaler, because he impaled people and … trust…
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January 20, 2026 at 1:25 PM
From my archives: Throwback Thursday: Tram No. 6 travelrat.wordpress.com/2022/09/29/t...
From my archives: The Pichi Richi Railway travelrat.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/t...
The Pichi Richi Railway
We’re really going back for this one … back beyond the start of the blog, back to even beyond the ‘Trip Diary’. Back to 1992 … and that was so long ago, I had to check the stamps on an …
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January 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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From my archives: Youghal: Lasagne and White Whates travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/y...
Youghal: Lasagne and White Whales
September 13th, 2011 If you look at a map of Ireland, you’ll see how ragged the southwest coast is, with a narrow bay or a river mouth every few miles. These provide sheltered harbours in most case…
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January 18, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Pic of the Week: Isola San Giulio, Lake Orta, Italy
January 17, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Pic of the Week: Isola San Giulio, Lake Orta, Italy
From my archives: Guell Park and Gaudi travelrat.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/g...
Güell Park and Gaudi
Barcelona; 10th December 2009 On the tour of Barcelona, we were told about the city’s favourite son, architect Antonio Gaudi. This was the first I’d ever heard of him, but since then, I’ve come acr…
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January 17, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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From my archives: Endeavour travelrat.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/e...
Endeavour
Endeavour Peter Moore Chatto & Windus If I ever took part in the BBC’s Mastermind quiz, my ‘specialised subject’ would probably be James Cook. Although I suspect that someone else has chosen hi…
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January 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Well done, Trump and Machado! You just made the Nobel Prize valueless at a stroke!
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Well done, Trump and Machado! You just made the Nobel Prize valueless at a stroke!
From my archives: Buda-ji and the Kuranda Railway travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/b...
Buda-ji and the Kuranda Railway.
Kuranda: 22nd August 2010 Long ago, back in the Dreamtime, say the Aborigines of the Atherton Tableland, the carpet snake, Buda-ji, used to frequently journey from the Tableland to the coast. Here,…
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January 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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From my archives: The Seaton Tramway travelrat.wordpress.com/2021/06/10/t...
The Seaton Tramway
In the post-war years, a new tram system was being born. Although tramways were being dismantled all over the United Kingdom, tram enthusiast Claude Lane, who owned a factory which made battery-ele…
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January 14, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Today's blog post: In the Footsteps of Agatha travelrat.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/i...
In The Footsteps of Agatha
Travels with Agatha Christie David Suchet Constable ISBN 978-1-40872-392-0 Actor David Suchet is probably best known for his television portrayal, over many years, of Agatha Christie’s detective He…
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January 14, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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Chester is a lovely city to visit, and there are lots of things to do, including various free activities. The city has a fascinating history, and many attractions are related to that.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Chester is a lovely city to visit, and there are lots of things to do, including various free activities. The city has a fascinating history, and many attractions are related to that.
www.rjontour.com/attractions-... #chester #Cheshire #travelblogger
www.rjontour.com/attractions-... #chester #Cheshire #travelblogger
From my archives: Further Explorations in Villacarriedo travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/f...
Further Explorations in Villacarriedo.
Villacarriedo: 30th March 2011. Villacarriedo is laid out in a narrow sort of strip along the road, so you don’t have to walk far down a side-street to be in the open country. There is a river, too…
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January 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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From my archives: Rail to Machu Picchu travelrat.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/r...
Rail to Machu Picchu
Ollantaytambo: 17th February 2017 If today’s outing had been to anywhere but Machu Picchu, I might have called it off, for I wasn’t feeling too good; the altitude of Cuzco affec…
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January 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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From my archives: The Hill from Hell and the Sugar Loaf. travelrat.wordpress.com/2021/06/24/t...
The Hill from Hell and the Sugar Loaf
If you disembark at Ouistreham from the ferry from Portsmouth, and drive south for only two hours …… you’re in Switzerland! But, this isn’t the Switzerland of Alps, cuckoo clocks and fo…
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January 11, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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From my archives: Glass Bottomed Boats: Mombasa, Aqaba and Cairns travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/g...
Glass-bottomed boats; Mombasa, Aqaba and Cairns.
Great Barrier Reef: 19th August 2010 After the semi-submersible, I thought the glass-bottomed boat might be a bit of a come-down. We’ve been on such vessels on two occasions before, and, each time,…
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January 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Pic of the Week: Coimbra. Former capital of Portugal, and home to one of Europe's oldest universtities.
January 10, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Pic of the Week: Coimbra. Former capital of Portugal, and home to one of Europe's oldest universtities.
From my archives: Towering Dubai travelrat.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/t...
Towering Dubai
Dubai: 12th February, 2011 I’ve often wondered which came first, the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth or the Burj al Arab hotel in Dubai. Even Wikipedia was inconclusive on this; the Spinnaker Tower w…
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January 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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