When tourists go to a country they look for the spectacular, the noteworthy, the interesting. They congregate in the Cordobas and the Lake Districts of the world. They do not generally partake of the fields that form the agricultural breadbasket or the cities that provide the manufacturing jobs in a country. But I am visiting …
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The Rain in Spain
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. Except that today it fell mainly on us and we were in the hills. Hornachuelos, the gateway to the Sierra Morena. What name could me more enticing and more Spanish? It perches on a ridge formed by two ravines. In the time of my novel, it …
Taking the high roads
It cannot be denied that the banks of Loch Lomond are very bonny indeed. As you head up out of Glasgow to the highlands of Scotland, the road along the side of the loch is a taste of things to come. A combination of muted browns, burnt oranges and the deep plum of the silver …
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