Month July 2019

Summer is festival season in the Gulf of Poets. Every weekend there’s a festa or sagra in one – or often several – of the communities around the bay. Some, such as the ‘Festival of the Mussel’ and the superbly-named… Continue Reading →

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley described it as a place ‘where music and moonlight and feeling are one…’. Mary Shelley found it bathed ‘in the rich tints of Italian heaven.’ While the coastline’s sweeping curves made DH Lawrence’s blood ‘run… Continue Reading →

The plan was to be away for a couple of years, though we weren’t sure exactly where we’d be. Obviously there’d be hot summers to survive and cold winters to endure. It would be mostly casual travelling though, hopefully, with… Continue Reading →

‘Did you know Faroese girls are the prettiest in the world?’ asks the very pretty young woman with the long dark hair and happy smile. ‘It’s our heritage,’ she laughs. ‘Viking and Celtic – a good combination.’ If we didn’t… Continue Reading →