Travel with Intent

Spontaneity

“Ditch your plans – spontaneity deserves its place!” – D. Smyth Hex colour ref: dd9475 A colourful note: the first recorded use of copper as a colour term in English […]

-Cuba

Down

Over to all of you to join the theme with your own down post, or with a post based on any single word that takes your fancy. And if you haven’t […]

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-Provence

A Burning Dawn

. Hex colour reference: #ff7f49 A colourful note: A Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul informs us that burnt orange has been used as a colour name since 1915. […]

-Hertfordshire

Where to next do you think?

Relaxing at home has been great – lots of walking and coffee-drinking with friends, but work is now dragging me back to London meetings, my laptop and helpful websites like […]

-Cuba

Cienfuegos Harbour

Before I head off to new places, I love to read a variety of fiction that is either set in my destination or was written by someone from the country. And when no […]

-Cuba

Trendy Lippy

Our guide at El Paraiso, an organic finca, spoke excellent English, gave us an educational tour around the gardens and kept us highly amused. That very trendy makeup comes from a shrub […]

-Hertfordshire

After the Snow

-Hertfordshire

Before the Snow

-Devon

Agatha

This sculpture of the famous English author was the work of Carol van den Boom-Cairns. It was unveiled in September 1990 to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of her birth in the area […]

-Edinburgh

Goddess of Health

A natural spring was discovered near Dean Village on the Water of Leith in 1760. It became a popular attraction as the waters were believed to cure a multitude […]

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