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This Place That Makes Mythologies Necessary
23 Jan 2019

This Place That Makes Mythologies Necessary

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At death, Maori say that a person’s wairua (spirit) comes to Cape Reinga (Te Rerenga Wairua) to cast itself off to the Underworld, to Hawaiki, the Other World, the place of origin. The spirits climb down to a pohutukawa tree … Continued

Hiking, New Zealand
A Range-Finding Bombardment
8 Mar 2018

A Range-Finding Bombardment

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Some of this is true… My cycle into Val-de-Vesle is through a rolling, manicured countryside, ploughed, plucked, harvested; not quite the Champagne region yet, just north of it. The skies and the landscape are wide and spacious – anything might … Continued

cycling, France, val-de-vesle, WW1
On The Night Train | India & France
24 Nov 2017

On The Night Train | India & France

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  These experiences are separated temporally by years and geographically by thousands of miles. There is no real reason other than the mode of transport why they should be paired – but for that they can be drawn together, they … Continued

Agra, France, India, Nice, Paris, trains, varanasi
Frank
20 Aug 2017

Frank

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  Flanders is a graveyard. No more so is this true than in the land around Ypres, that includes the infamous Passchendaele battlefield. One imagines these battlefields to be vast and distant from each other, massive armies sweeping to and … Continued

Belgium, Menin Gate, Passchendaele, WW1, Ypres
Leaving
15 Aug 2017

Leaving

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  It’s a beautiful morning in Southern England. There is dew on the fields, and as the sun comes up and starts to burn it off, dew turns to mist. I am happy to close the door behind me. Our … Continued

Belgium, Bruges, cycling
Via Appia Antica | Rome
18 May 2017

Via Appia Antica | Rome

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The peculiar nature of Rome is that it hides its history in plain sight. This is not an intentional thing, but rather an accident of that history. Rome – the city, as well as the city state that became Italy … Continued

Italy, Rome, Via Appia Antica
This Norwegian Story | Oslo
14 Jan 2017

This Norwegian Story | Oslo

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The air temperature is close to -10oC, so sitting on the deck of a boat for 4 hours ensures you feel the chill leaching into your bones. As the sun tries to break through the cloud it creates wonderful slashes … Continued

Norway, Oslo, Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, The Fram, The Kon-Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl, Vikings
Staring Down A Mountain | Mt Vesuvius, Naples
30 Mar 2016

Staring Down A Mountain | Mt Vesuvius, Naples

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You don’t ever seem to really leave Naples, the names just change. These names that were once distinct and separate towns and settlements have now melded into one, as if they are the mud and magma rivulets that flow down … Continued

Italy, Mt Vesuvius, Naples
A Place of Savage and Violent History | Pompeii & Herculaneum
17 Mar 2016

A Place of Savage and Violent History | Pompeii & Herculaneum

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A shaft of light shines on the floor, the beam borne stronger as it passes through the heated mist of steam rising from the baths, seemingly from the very pores of the room. The voices of the bathers form a … Continued

Herculaneum, Italy, Pompeii, Vesuvius
A Promenade, a Signpost, a Laundromat | Varanasi, India
30 Oct 2015

A Promenade, a Signpost, a Laundromat | Varanasi, India

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  Let’s start with the dead body, and work backwards. A 4 x 4 drives towards us, this cold morning. Dark,anonymous, it takes up more room than it should on the road. We are forced to the left, not forced … Continued

India, varanasi

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