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In Search of Gods – Trani to Termoli
The first words are always the hardest. ‘Sorry,’ ‘I love you,’ or the opening sentence of a blog post - they are all the same. Our brains scramble...
Ferry time – Italy Ho!
It’s 06:30 in the morning - or at least I think it is - as I don’t know for sure if we’re on Italy time or Greek. But I’m guessing Italy because...
Morning Sun on Igoumenitsa
The Greeks rise early and walk briskly by the waterside along Igoumenitsa’s curving bay. The sun follows more slowly, teasing the populace...
Seeds – Pack up the van and go
It is three days now since my travels resumed, and this is the third day I have begun to write down my journey. Twice I have failed to finish. Today...
Big Girl Pants – Let’s Dance
It’s quarter past six on a Sunday morning in late February, and my eyes are heavy with lack of sleep as I clatter the laptop keys in Iggy the Hymer...
Begin Again, Begin Again – CPTSD, the Great Struggle
(warning: this post concerns a subject that some readers may find distressing) The sunshine of this morning seems like a memory of a different world...
Trurnaround – New Directions Once More
It’s six a.m. on Friday the third of June, and the air is full of the sound of birds welcoming the new day. Iggy the Hymer motorhome and I are the...
Seven Days in Bulgaria – Part One
On Friday, eleventh of December, Jay, Marley and I set off from Marikostinovo for our new life in Miladinovsti. It was five months to the day since...
An Awfully Big Bulgarian Adventure
Life, as the saying goes, is an awfully big adventure. A deep, swirling pool of unknown, unseen new moments. Waiting… just round that next bend in...
On the Road Again – Racing the Brexit Clock to Bulgaria
Sunday the eleventh of October and my eyes creep open to the early morning light in Medinaceli, Spain. One day, 612 kilometres, and a lifetime away...
Residency in Portugal – Travel Malarkey Get Our CRUE
It’s Thursday the first of October 2020 as I wake up for the first time as a legal resident of Portugal. The early morning sun is glinting through...
Route Map to a New Life – Scotland to Portugal
Hi, and welcome to the first in a new series of Travel Malarkey "Route Map" articles. In this new series I'm going to make up a number of route...