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October 5, 2017

Preview: Tell My Horse by Zora Neale Hurston

This post is a part of my year-long quest in 2017 to read only female-authored travel writing. Find out more about it on the project’s main page.

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Published on October 05, 2017 12:50

October 3, 2017

Review: Ghost Trails, by Jill Homer

This post is a part of my year-long quest in 2017 to read only female-authored travel writing. Find out more about it on the project’s main page.

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Published on October 03, 2017 14:43

September 3, 2017

Preview: Ghost Trails, by Jill Homer

This post is a part of my year-long quest in 2017 to read only female-authored travel writing. Find out more about it on the project’s main page.

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Published on September 03, 2017 04:46

August 31, 2017

Review: Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, by Rebecca West

This post is a part of my year-long quest in 2017 to read only female-authored travel writing. Find out more about it on the project’s main page.

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Published on August 31, 2017 14:07

August 20, 2017

Nationalism


National Assembly
I appear to be having problems with my website, in that it’s not posting a post I’ve tried to write.

I’ve written it on Google+, so check it out here. I’ll put it back here once I figure what the problem is.

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Published on August 20, 2017 12:38

August 8, 2017

Preview: Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, by Rebecca West

This post is a part of my year-long quest in 2017 to read only female-authored travel writing. Find out more about it on the project’s main page.

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Published on August 08, 2017 14:06

August 2, 2017

Review: A Ride in the Neon Sun, by Josie Dew

This post is a part of my year-long quest in 2017 to read only female-authored travel writing. Find out more about it on the project’s main page.

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Published on August 02, 2017 13:17

July 13, 2017

The road to Stroma

Boat and house

The A9 north from Inverness to the very top of the Scottish mainland is a road I know well. Very rarely have I stopped en route, however, and never have I taken the time to explore some of the nooks and crannies that lie often very close to the main road.

From pretty towns to little known historical sites, all standing testimony to the tough history of the area, it’s a route well worth lingering over. Indeed, the recently branded North Coast 500 road (of which the A9 from Inverness to John O...

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Published on July 13, 2017 07:45

The new John O’Groats

This is part of a short series of posts I wrote about a July 2017 road trip from Inverness northwards along the east coast of the Highlands, culminating in a visit to the abandoned island of Stroma. See all my posts on the overview page.

I always used to feel sorry for people doing Lands End to John O’Groats, the famous end to end journey from the bottom to the top of mainland Britain. Indeed, I always used to feel sorry for people going to John O’Groats from anywhere.

It was bad enough, I re...

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Published on July 13, 2017 07:43

Stroma

Tired looking property

This is part of a short series of posts I wrote about a July 2017 road trip from Inverness northwards along the east coast of the Highlands, culminating in a visit to the abandoned island of Stroma. See all my posts on the overview page.

I first heard of Stroma, a small abandoned island between the Scottish mainland and Orkney, a couple of years ago through conversations on Twitter. Coming from the Western Isles, my knowledge of that part of the world is poor and my assumption had been that...

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Published on July 13, 2017 07:43