Kinsey Millhone encounters evil in the shape of Solana Rojas, a nurse hired to care for crochety elderly neighbour Gus. It's 1987/1988, and Kinsey also meets her first computer enthusiast.... U is for Undertow was published in December 2009.... and... Read more
So, finally, my Morocco via Madrid - April/May 2010 set is "done" on Flickr, with mini diary entries composed en route. Phew. A long job, particularly getting them (approximately) mapped.... It's been lovely having Phil uploading his photos too at... Read more
Amazon tells me that this is the third Inspector Rebus novel, and it's certainly not the familiar John Rebus of later books.... With the London setting, both reader and Rebus are in unfamiliar territory, tracking a serial killer nicknamed the... Read more
Third and final instalment of Conn Iggulden's telling of the tale of Genghis Khan, and the Mongol horde turns west..... Amazon.co.uk link: Bones of the Hills - Conn Iggulden... Read more
Travels along the length of the not-so-Blue Danube, crossing borders from Germany to Romania, traversing cultures, economies and the old iron curtain, and culminating in a dip in the Black Sea. Like the river, long but vastly varied. Amazon.co.uk link:... Read more
Lent to me by Lindsey.... it reads like an account of my life at various stages, starting from c 1997. It's not just an autobiographical account of Kasey Edwards's mid life career crisis - told with large dollops of self... Read more
I've made five online purchases today, in preparation for The Trip. From Waterstones.com Tibet - Lonely Planet Country Guide From amazon.co.uk Ring Cyba-Lite Sprint Led Headlight Pair of Trekrite Hiking / Walking Poles Trekmates Micro Fleece Sleeping Bag Liner Hama... Read more
After much research and picking of Stuart's brains, I suggested that dad and Tom and their respective families buy me the GiSTEQ PhotoTrackr Lite DPL700 for my birthday. I've griped before about how hard it is for my to geolocate... Read more
A slight delay in posting my forms off to the Chinese Visa Application Service Center, after Wild Frontiers advised changes to how to complete the application form. But by 9.30am my application was heading off towards Holborn via Special Delivery.... Read more
Old teenage friendships are revived after one of the crowd dies in a terrorist bombing, and Holly Mac, Olivia, Paul and Saffron work their way through the immediate aftermath and the longer term mourning of their friend Tom. Death and... Read more