Life is full of surprises… sadly, not all of them good. Before you know what’s happening, without any warning, a curveball the size of a Hereford Bull hits you – WHUMPH! – and literally knocks you flat on your back and suddenly, holy cow, you can’t get up again! Which is exactly what hasContinue reading “Carpe Diem – life is quite frankly too bloody short!”
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Photo of the Day: Fishing off Jinack Island, The Gambia, West Africa
Taken whilst on assignment for B-Spirit (Brussels Airlines, inflight magazine) – Walking the entire coastline of The Gambia, with photographer, Jason Florio HJF
Press: ‘The Spirit of the Seaside’ – walking along the coastline of The Gambia, West Africa
March-May 2015 – Wings Magazine/Arik Air “As my wife, Helen, and I set off on an 80km six-day ramble along the sun-soaked coast of The Gambia’s relatively short coastline, it’s not merely the splendour of the coast and heat of the sun we are after but also its mystical heritage… ” read the wholeContinue reading “Press: ‘The Spirit of the Seaside’ – walking along the coastline of The Gambia, West Africa”
The Gambia, West Africa – paying the price for being Ebola free
‘Gambians, and local businesses, are hurting… and it’s not going to get better any time soon. Which is why I keep spouting on, annoyingly so perhaps, about Ebola-free Gambia! The beaches are deserted, the juice bars are abandoned, hotels and lodges are no where near the to capacity they should be by now (andContinue reading “The Gambia, West Africa – paying the price for being Ebola free”