Category Archives: Travel

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

I have to admit to having a love/hate relationship with writing; there are days when I would absolutely do anything rather than put pen to paper. These are the times when I can so easily become distracted by a zillion … Continue reading →

Posted in editing, humour, publishing, Travel, Turkey, writing | 64 Comments

Homeward Bound

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

I’m back! A little weary to be honest and back to work tomorrow; what was I thinking! It’s been a bitter-sweet few weeks; the camera which my Dad painstakingly chose and bought for me as a Christmas present was stolen … Continue reading →

Posted in Expat, humour, Travel, Turkey | 80 Comments

And He Drove The Fastest Milkcart In The West

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

I had intended to catch a national express coach to Bristol airport for the trip back to Turkey but my Dad was insistent that his allotment buddy, Ernie take me in his clapped out old transit van as he had … Continue reading →

Posted in Devon, Entertainment, humour, Travel, Turkey | 54 Comments

My Bags Are Packed, I’m Ready To Go

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

Overwhelmed and bone tired is the best way to describe how I’ve felt over the past few weeks. I think we’ve established that I really am not cut out for a career in nursing and the additional overtime I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Devon, Expat, family, Travel, Turkey | 92 Comments

My Funny Valentine

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

My first love was a boy called Darren Butler, who used to live in the house opposite ours. He was a couple of years older than me and we exchanged our first chaste kiss in our back garden under the … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | 80 Comments

For The Love Of Annie

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

Karen Wren runs a small animal shelter in Didim, Turkey trying to save abandoned and injured street dogs along with feeding up to eighty other hungry mouths on the beach, at the side of the road and in the forest … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Expat, family, Travel, Turkey | Tagged , , , , | 118 Comments

Lord Help The Mister, Who Comes Between Me & My Sister

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

PS I’m the good-looking one!

Posted in Travel | 56 Comments

A Little Bit Of Perfect

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

We continued driving up into the mountains, all eleven of us together with the goat, on the way to Grandad’s House in the remote village of Karatut. The weather was getting colder and the snow deeper, as we carried on … Continue reading →

Posted in Expat, Travel, Turkey | 77 Comments

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

“Going Grandad House” Ahmed said to me the next morning so that was how I found myself in a Fiat Doblo with ten other people and a pygmy goat. We all excitedly crammed into the car, men, women and children … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Expat, humour, Travel, Turkey | 76 Comments

Poverty Is The Mother Of Crime

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

Sheltering from the torrential Devon downpours in the allotment shed, Dad and I shared a drink of tea from his old thermos flask, whilst having a lengthy discussion about some of the bar boys exploiting the tourists back in good … Continue reading →

Posted in Expat, Travel, Turkey | 63 Comments