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It’s been about a month since i wrote a proper blog post (apart from ancient travel stories etc, that is), so i thought it was time i said something about now…

It’s been a bit of a weird summer really - mainly because i seem to have done something nasty to my foot and i haven’t been able to walk long distances for about 6 weeks now. I’m not sure what it is, but there seems to be a bit of a swelling around the bottom of the joint of the toe next to my big toe and it aches if i walk a lot. … Read more »

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This is part three of the story of my life in Basque Country, in 1984. Part one is here…

After nearly three months living in Vitoria, in 1984, my savings were beginning to run low and i started half-heartedly looking around for work. However, there was very little work for the locals in Basque Country in those days and the chances of a foreigner finding any were pretty slim.

About this time, i decided to take a trip to southern Spain for a change of scenery for a week or two. … Read more »

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This is part two of the story of my life in Basque Country, in 1984. Part one is here…

I had a great time, living in Vitoria, during the summer of 1984. The Basques in general are among the friendliest and most interesting people i’ve come across during rather a lot of international travelling. They’re all very political - and, mostly, make British people, for example, look ultra-conservative (which i suppose they are, really, anyway). … Read more »

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Another memorable trip i did in the early 80s was to Basque Country, in the north of Spain. I had a couple of Basque friends in London and they’d gone back for a while. As i’d never been to that part of the world, i decided to go over for a visit.

It was the summer of 1984 and i’d been working as a freelance technical writer for a while. Somehow, i’d managed to save a bit of money and i knew i could stay away for a few months if i wanted to. … Read more »

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This is part two of the story of a journey i did in 1981. Part one is here…

I haven’t got a clear memory of getting back to Spain from Morocco. As far as i remember, i’d spent a night in Algeciras before catching the boat to Tangier, but i don’t think we stayed there when we got back. We probably just got on a train and went somewhere else, rather than hanging around in Algeciras. One of the problems with InterRail cards was that it was so much easier to just hop on a train and spend the night on the move than it was to find a hotel room somewhere!

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