Tag Archives: travel

Biking For Boys #motorcycles #memories #walking

Posted on May 20, 2023 by TanGental

I’m not your classic petrol head. I passed my motorbike test in 1980 but my driving test took another 3 years and one epic fail (reversing round the corner and aligning ones vehicle with the pavement – a totally useless … Continue reading →

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There Are People And Then There was This Chap

Posted on May 1, 2023 by TanGental

‘Silly Bunts’. It came up in a comment the other day. It references a Monty Python sketch called The Travel Agent and… anyway, I tried to recalled when I heard that on another occasion and, like a dog to a … Continue reading →

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Travel Horrors: Being In Love

Posted on Jul 22, 2022 by TanGental

1984 and the Textiliste and I married. That’s officially long ago. We’ve done the 30 years – pearls apparently – and rubies beckon. They’ll be cake and stuff and hopefully no travel. Big events and travel don’t combine well when … Continue reading →

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Trains, Planes And, Er, More Trains

Posted on May 25, 2022 by TanGental

Dad talked about catching the new Victoria Line when it opened in the late 1960s. He kept one of the new tickets that you put in an automated barrier rather than gave to a guard. Only many people couldn’t get … Continue reading →

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Love…

Posted on May 8, 2022 by TanGental

I’m in Northern Ireland. I miss Dog. Does he miss me…?

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Flight Or F(r)ight

Posted on May 7, 2022 by TanGental

I flew for the first time in 30 months. Only from London to Belfast, one of those flights where you’ve just gone through the stomach tumult of sprinting down the runway and asking yourself why you didn’t go to the … Continue reading →

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Mechanised Farts: The Motorcycle Years

Posted on Feb 25, 2022 by TanGental

I’ve owned several cycles, from the barely functional to the state of the art (and crashed every one, with or without the assistance of others). I’ve owned several cars (and dented them – I’m especially talented at ripping wingmirrors off … Continue reading →

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Travel Challenge: A Reflection

Posted on Jan 10, 2021 by TanGental

Doing the travel challenge makes me appreciate, once again, my luck to be able to travel and see many wonderful places. My views don’t remain consistent and some changes to my favourites are inevitable. Back in April 2015, I did … Continue reading →

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Travel Challenge – The Results, Day Ten

Posted on Jan 9, 2021 by TanGental

You kindly followed me through ten days of travel pictures, guessing where each one might be. I thought I’d put you out of your collective miseries/make you punch the air with a ‘Yes, I was right’ with a follow up. … Continue reading →

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Travel Challenge – The Results, Day Eight

Posted on Jan 7, 2021 by TanGental

You kindly followed me through ten days of travel pictures, guessing where each one might be. I thought I’d put you out of your collective miseries/make you punch the air with a ‘Yes, I was right’ with a follow up. … Continue reading →

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