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David
Every entry filed here, newest first: the places, the meals, and the small mishaps that go with them.
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The Cows Run the Show
One night on Minchinhampton Common near Stroud, where open-range cattle sleep on the golf greens and fish and chips taste better shared with friends.
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A Quiet High Place in the Sibillini
High in the Apennines, our favourite high-altitude pitch in Italy’s Monti Sibillini, a plateau most foreign visitors never think to look for.
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The Hour Before the Buses: A Morning Alone in Ephesus
By mid-morning Ephesus belongs to the tour buses. We got there at opening and, for one quiet hour, had the marble streets, the great…
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Snow, a Castle, and the Luck of the Road
A snow squall cleared at exactly the right moment and gave us the castle to ourselves, blanketed and untouched, before the tour buses arrived.…
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A Week on the Edge of Dartmoor
We meant to pass through Devon and stayed almost a week. A slow-travel week on the edge of Dartmoor: hiking the tors, crossing the…