Travel
Travel in Troubled Times Again
Is 2024 another year of travel in troubled times? Experts are cautiously optimistic, advising good planning while encouraging us to get out and experience the world.
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Destination Land Art
Land and destination art converge with literature and travel as Ruth explores connections and coincidences that start with a book bought in Dublin.
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Albi and Small Cities
Let’s take a trip to Albi in the south of France, detouring on the way through sustainable and regenerative tourism and ending with suggestions on other small cities to explore.
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Rowing into Family in Japan
A family connection to rowing in Japan leads me to Yokohama, Shanghai and South Africa with a detour to western samurai.
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Return to Travel: the ethical, the personal and the practical
Ruth is back in Europe and shares perspectives on whether this is a good idea or not, plus some practicalities.
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Rowing Camping, the How and Why
Expand your oarizons with rowing camping. Tips on how, and especially the why.
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Oceans of Tourism
A cruise ship arrives in Venice for the first time in 17 months to protests, which gets me wondering on World Ocean Day about the impact of tourism on the oceans.
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A Lake Near Copenhagen
A painting by my late father, a master forger, takes me on a journey involving sunsets and Prussian Blue.
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Blaze Island, a Journey through Fiction, Science and Art to Place
Blaze Island, the 2020 novel by Catherine Bush, inspires a journey exploring connections with paintings, climate science, Shakespeare and beautiful Fogo Island off Newfoundland, Canada.
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Paths to Protecting Rivers – Get on a Water Trail!
Who knew going for a paddle would help in river conservation? Water trails highlight recreational use but connect us to the natural, historical and cultural values of rivers.
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