travel
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Meet Rafferty
Meet Rafferty. Rafferty is a dog. Sadly, Rafferty is not my dog but he is a dog of spirit and character. In a park near to where I live in Southampton there is a coffee stall that is literally little more than a tuk tuk with a coffee machine. If you are not familiar with…
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Three for the Road (Notes from the Beagle’s Logbook)
They say all good things come in threes…here are a trio of white-line adventures straight out of our travel journals. An Impromptu Ride East After a few days in San Francisco back in ’79, Neville and I, two lads short on cash and wheels, figured it was high time to keep our cross-country adventure rolling.…
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The Grafton Barber
My imagination had crafted a somewhat unrealistic cross between the barber Floyd and a character from the film ‘The Quiet Man.’
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Sonoran Desert Allure
Though spirits drift, cloaked in desert patina, Scorched passion under lunar arena. Let your gnarled branches roam, For here, I’ve made my home!
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Travels With Chuckster
As I sat on a bench overlooking the bay, I reflected on my day. It felt like I had stepped into a different world – one where the spirit of Steinbeck and Charley was alive and well.
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Once a Bum Always a Bum
When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that maturity would cure this itch.
The American Beagle 