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Continue reading →: Enough wetland forest – back in the high life again..
It didn’t take me long to realise that beautiful and unspoilt as they maybe, humid wetland forests are not my scene. The humidity and marshes encourage insects and birds, and notable amongst their number are mosquitoes. I had been alert in Scandinavia and rarely had a problem, with the mesh…
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Continue reading →: Estonia’s highest mountain & into LatviaI have been to the Baltic States before, in August of 1992, almost exactly a year after the three countries had declared independence. I was in my Land Rover Series 2A with four friends who went on to Minsk, St Petersburg, then returned home through Scandinavia. I can recall many…
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Continue reading →: Grimhaven by Charles Willeford
American Literature – Unpublished – Written circa 1984 Here is a book that was too dark to be published, something that immediately took my interest. Fortunately, it survives as a manuscript. I write this review of a rare and unpublished book with a spoiler as I guess that anyone who…
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Continue reading →: Helsinki and across the Gulf of FinlandAfter a few days in Nuuksio National Park I gathered my courage and headed into the city. I have a friend who lives in Helsinki, Richard, who was once a gap student for me in 2007 when I was Director of Sport at the Grange School in Santiago, Chile. Since…
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Continue reading →: Nuuksio National ParkA seamless transition between National Parks by way of a the nature reserve at Meiko Lake. Meiko Lake is the outdoor recreation area for the town of Kirkkonummi, a remarkably quiet suburb of Helsinki, just half an hour away from the heart of the city. There is a settled period…
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Continue reading →: Mammoth by Eva Baltasar
translated from the Spanish by Julia Sanches – Published 2024 At the age of 24 a young woman comes to a turning point in her life. She works in a university position in Barcelona interviewing the elderly for a sociology study on longevity, and perhaps not surprisingly, is bored with…
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Continue reading →: The Devil In A Domino by Chas L’Epine
British Literature – Published 1897 Published in 1897 this was one of the first novels to be inspired by the Jack The Ripper murders (1888-1891). The novel follows Aleck Severn, born in a prison and raised as an orphan after his parents, his mother an alcoholic and his father her…
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Continue reading →: Teijo National ParkBeing only a thirty minute drive from Turku, and ninety minutes from Helsinki, Teijo National Park is very popular at holidays and weekends. It is 34 square kilometres, but has more than 60 kilometres of hiking and biking trails. It was on,y established in 2015, when it was discovered that…
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Continue reading →: Around TurkuHenrik, the environmental scientist I met a couple of days ago, recommended that I stayed at Ajola Yacht Club, but I had thought it wouldn’t be my scene. I had the image of Lytham Yacht Club in my mind, most members of which didn’t own a boat, but enjoyed the…
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Quote of the Week
Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
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