As anyone who has spent time in Australia will testify the residents of both Sydney and Melbourne have always been strong advocates of their respective city’s claim to being Australia’s number one city. Continue reading →

Although they took place 40 years and several thousand miles apart I think it is fitting that this article begins and concludes with two events involving Roger Woods, a boyhood friend of mine from Bournemouth. Continue reading →

I am fortunate enough to spend time each year in some beautiful parts of the world but when people ask me which is my favourite home I have no doubts on my reply. Continue reading →

The 2014 World Cup which I was fortunate to attend for 17 days will be remembered for a variety of reasons – on the positive side for the sheer quality of much of the football, some truly outstanding goals Continue reading →

I can think of no reason in the world why anyone in the world would be interested in the sexual orientation of a 65-year-old occasional writer but in an effort to give credence to some of the observations Continue reading →

It seems to me that most taxi drivers fall into one of four categories.

They can be great sources of information and wisdom, potential scam artists, wannabee Formula 1 Drivers or silent even morose types. Continue reading →

‘Do you know I won’t be here next year’ Sylvia asked, eager to make conversation  as she sat down beside me on the bench outside her solitary isolated barn at Busenalp, high in the Alps of Switzerland’s magnificent Bernese Oberland. Continue reading →

As I get older I find that each year there are certain events I try and get to annually and subsequently provide a framework around which I plan my year and travels. Continue reading →

This website is not called Notes from a Nomad by accident as I live a peripatetic life, always moving and belonging nowhere. I am fortunate to have homes and friends in many locations but when  I travel between them I find that  there is no subject that is more useful to Continue reading →