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Big trip 
Bridge No. 493
October 21, 2019  by Chris Pratt 


Arch Gallery Bridge Number 493 to be precise. Just one of the 988 bridges (well, each culvert and earthwork...


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Big trip 
Just Another Festival
October 12, 2019  by Chris Pratt 


Jodhpur, the famous blue city in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan; although I think it was probably a bit bluer...


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Day Out 
Faded Glory
June 25, 2019  by Chris Pratt 


Here is the seaside of my youth, Scarborough was the big glamorous town, a few miles up the coast from...


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Short trip 
A Slow Boat
June 23, 2019  by Chris Pratt 


When I told people I was going to spend a week on the Leeds Liverpool Canal most of them looked at me gone-out;...


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Day Out 
Goodwood
April 23, 2019  by Chris Pratt 


A mate of mine was racing his Caterham 7 at Goodwood, not the frenetic Revival or Festival of Speed but a club...


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Memory Lane 
The Friendship Bridge
April 1, 2019  by Chris Pratt 


In 1988 I travelled from Bangkok to Nong Khai, on the banks of the Mekong River in Northern Thailand,...


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Back to basics... 
Language of the Street
March 2, 2019  by Chris Pratt 


Out for the day around Brick Lane; doing a bit of teaching.  These kids are good, so just the odd tip and a bit of banter...


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From the archive 
Back In Time
October 27, 2018  by Chris Pratt 


Only thirty or so years ago but even then, in 1986, the fishing village of Tai O – on a far corner...


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Short trip 
Ile d’Oleron
September 17, 2018  by Chris Pratt 


After many visits (documented on this website) to Ile de Re, just off La Rochelle on France’s Atlantic...


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Just a picture... 
CarFest South
August 27, 2018  by Chris Pratt 


It’s full-throttle, as the man says – the cars have gone to bed but the children haven’t....


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