by Jack Barrow | Jan 30, 2020 | General Blog, General Silliness, Non Fiction, Travelogue
A few weeks ago, we went to Bournemouth, I say we went to Bournemouth, we actually went to Wimborne but in the two or three days we were there we visited Bournemouth twice and only really slept in Wimborne. I say it was a few weeks ago, Christmas was a few weeks ago,...
by Jack Barrow | Apr 15, 2019 | In SatNav We Trust, Publishing, Travelogue
Dungeness is strange and fascinating. I’d lived in Kent for a year or so before I went to Dungeness and at the time I’d expressed an interest in visiting after work one long summer evening. However, I’d been discouraged when I was told that there’s ‘nothing there.’...
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...
