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The good lady refuses to enter the King Lud these days after what she describes as ‘that evening’ and I describe as ‘a magisterial tour de force of heavy metal karaoke’. This was quite a few years ago now but I’m sure that people are still talking about my rendition of the ‘Ace of Spades’Continue reading “King Lud”

My first experience of the Isle of Wight was Ryde Pier. After a lengthy train journey and some confusion over the train stations of Portsmouth I finally managed to catch the catamaran that crosses the 5 mile stretch of water known as the Solent. It was June. I travelled on the open top deck ofContinue reading “The Pier”

It is an odd thing that we often wish to travel and see other places in all their minutiae, but then ignore what we have upon our own doorstep. I have walked numerous paths across Britain and Europe – Hadrian’s Wall, the Dingle peninsula, the Jura Way – but the Isle of Wight Coastal PathContinue reading “Starting Off”