1. The Jebel The journey up to the high mountains (the Jebel) of Oman is vertiginous and gasp-inducing at every turn, while it was exhilarating for me, it is perhaps not as easy for the faint of heart. Roads seem to drop off beneath you and flash rains flood wadis making crossings near impossible. It's a ...
The sun sets over the vast marshes of Provence in Southern France. The still water mirrors the sky, unbroken, until a herd of white horses canter out, breaking the mirror into a thousand shards of droplets. Splashing across the marshes, bathed in a soft golden light of the dying sun - the Camargue horse looks more like ...
The Feria de Pâques - Easter in Arles - felt like I'd somehow ended up in Spain instead of France by mistake! A programme of events all based around bulls and bull fighting, flamenco cries and wails filling the streets by day and Spanish pop music and reggaeton getting people swaying at night. Every cafe and restaurant and street ...
Aiken - a name that is steeped in rich racing history and glory for those who live and breathe the sport of kings, and yet will often draw a blank for those who know little of the racing world. But I can guarantee that racing aficionados and novices alike will fall in love with Aiken when they ...
Tumbleweeding through life. Listening to stories, writing tales and chasing after horses.
'I could tell you my adventures - beginning with this morning, but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then' - Alice (Lewis Carroll)
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Lake Ohrid - Macedonia
Australian Wildlife
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The Spanish Riding School of Vienna
Appleby Horse Fair
