Mysuru, Monday, 13th May   We spent today exploring Mysuru, the local name I have preferred to use in my writings. That name can be seen...

Mysuru (previously Mysore), Sunday 11th May.   Travelling in India is an intense experience. I can understand how some folk who’ve never...

Friday 9th May - Ooty (full name Udhagamandalam), South India   I will start with a bit of social commentary, well, social observation...

Wednesday 7th May, Bengaluru, South India We’ve actually left Bengaluru after 4/2 days (4 days me/2 days J) of very gentle exploration of...

Bengaluru, South India, Monday 5th May 2025 I start today's post with much happiness that I will see J this afternoon for the first time...

In times gone by I have attempted to write a daily blog - at the very least to do a catch up every other day. This journey has been very...

Monday 21st April, Darjeeling, West Bengal Today was an explore day around Darjeeling. Structured in the morning, and free in the...

Sunday 20th April, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 2045 MASL It's taken me around 48 hours to get here. I took a somewhat cicuitous route -...

In under 2 weeks I hop a bus to Perth, and then via a slightly convoluted route, a plane to Delhi, arriving into the Indira Gandhi...

Some of you will know my fascination with my great grandfather, the Hon James Campbell MLA. At the time of his death in 1893 at age just...

Day 17 Revisited [Friday, 11 October 2024 - Cabrerets to Vers. ~10 klms, total ~334.3 klms., plus ~20klms by bus]. Update 19 October....

Day 20 - Monday, 14 October 2024 - Cahors to Paris As I commence writing this post I am aware of, and need to be explicit that, the...

Day 19 - Sunday, 13 October 2024 - Cahors. ~8 klms Cahors exploration. Cahors is a city with an ancient history, pre-dating the Roman...

Day 18 - Saturday, 12 October 2024 - Vers to Cahors. ~16klms, total ~350.3.klms I have to say that, especially compared to the previous...

Day 17 - Friday, 11 October 2024 - Cabrerets to Vers. ~10 klms, total ~334.3 klms., plus ~20klms by bus. There is way too much to tell...

Day 16 - Thursday, 10 October 2024 - Marcilhac-sur-Célé to Cabrerets. ~18.3 klms, total ~324.3 klms I could have called today’s post...

Day 15 - Wednesday, 9 October 2024 - Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie to Marcilhac-sur-Célé. Easy day, ~18 klms, total ~306 klms Mind you, those...

Day 14 - Tuesday, 8 October 2024 - Figeac to Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie. ~23.6 klms; total ~288 klms. We have been walking the GR65 for...

... they rested Day 12 - Sunday, 6 October 2024 - Livinhac-le-Haut to Figeac. ~25 klms, total ~264.4, but really who knows? Day 13 -...

Day 8 - Wednesday, 2 October 2024 - Saint-Côme d'Olt to Estaing. ~21 klms,~ 176.3 klms total. This is a follow up to Meanderings I, which...