Exiled Preacher

In my justly unfamous  Plague Journals  I reflected in harrowing detail on the stresses and strains of my transformation from old scho...

Vintage, 2010, 498pp Venice. I confess that I've spent longer getting acquainted with the city through Ackroyd's book than in...

Right, then. Sarah and I are off to Armação de Pêra on the Algarve for a bit. Looking forward to chilling, swimming, exploring and read...

And to think I once believed that Tenby is the most beautiful place on earth. That was before we visited Venice. Tenby has its attracti...

As a schoolboy I was fascinated by the Greeks and Romans, their history and literature. Classical Studies was one of the few subjects...

Sarah and I will have been married for 25 years in July. To celebrate we're off to Rome and then Venice next week. We're loo...

And so we're off on our summer hols to Annecy, France. See ya!

1. Plymouth Hoe, drizzle & Drake. 2. Proper pasties with meat chunks & real veg, not gristle & gloop.  3. Brunel'...

At  Dinefwr Park

Stormy Aber Still Pendine Dylan's shed Castle rampart

  Sun-drenched South Beach when it wasn't (too) cloudy.

We're spending the second week of our hols in Carmarthen. Due to some confusion or other, it became evident that the visiting preache...

Rain was forecast. Always rains in Aber according to the BBC. But in defiance of Aunty, the Lord decreed sunshine to warm the breeze a...

At the 'Silver Mountain Experience' nr Aber.

Sunshine after the rain

We're off to the EMW Aber Conference  and then for a week in Carmarthen after that. The main speaker is Don Carson, so we're lo...

We're off to the Algarve tomorrow. Like the PM we're flying by EasyJet, but probably unlike him it's hand luggage only for...

Soon we'll be off on holiday for a couple of weeks. First we're heading to Carmarthen for a family break. Then it's the Aber ...