by Jack Barrow | Mar 5, 2019 | In SatNav We Trust, Publishing, Travelogue
“Poking over the rooftops I could see a bright blue structure. At first I thought it was a shipyard crane, then the penny dropped. Kathy had brought me to Middlesbrough & I was looking at the famous Transporter Bridge. I resolved to get a closer look. Having...
by Jack Barrow | Jan 30, 2019 | In SatNav We Trust, Publishing, Travelogue
“Interactions with people, strangers or otherwise, are important. Maslow’s next level of need is emotional fulfilment. He talks about love & belonging. You can’t really make space for that in life unless you have food & shelter sorted & safety from danger....
by Jack Barrow | Jan 28, 2019 | In SatNav We Trust, Publishing, Travelogue
“Graham has always been a bit of a trickster and claiming he lived in Bram Stoker’s old house is just the sort of thing he’d be likely to make up, especially for a callow youth as I was at the time. So, I went looking for a house that looked like Bram Stoker’s...
by Jack Barrow | Jan 25, 2019 | In SatNav We Trust, Publishing, Travelogue
“I’d never crossed the Humber Bridge before which, when it was built in the 70s, was a major engineering achievement, the largest single span suspension bridge in the world. There were all sorts of astonishing facts such as the two towers are so far apart that they...
by Jack Barrow | Jan 24, 2019 | In SatNav We Trust, Publishing, Travelogue
“After a coffee I paid my bill and headed back to the Truck with my head and hood further down than before. The day had not been going well, the weather wasn’t going to improve, I’d not found an alternative camp site and I wasn’t looking forward to cooking inadequate...
by Jack Barrow | Jan 22, 2019 | In SatNav We Trust, Publishing, Travelogue
“I’d catered for what Maslow would have considered the first level of the pyramid, shelter. In the increasing breeze I pitched the Khyam & in the lee of a hedge with the Truck across the entrance. The downside was that the farm had lots of birds: peackocks &...
