IN FLANDERS FIELDS POEM The World’s Most Famous WAR MEMORIAL POEM By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae This is the famous one: In Flanders Fields by John McCrae. written after losing a close friend and …
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ANZAC Day and the Battlefields of the Ypres Salient, Belgium
IN FLANDERS FIELDS Battlefields and places of interest in the Ypres Salient, Belgium, the return of the Menin Gate lions and the ANZAC Day dawn service, April 2017. (Title from the poem In Flanders Field …
Continue readingMy Top 10 Places to Eat & Drink in Bruges, Belgium
Bruges, Belgium, is one of my favourite cities. Here are 10 ideas for experiencing some of its gastronomic delights. Bruges – what springs to mind? Chocolate? Beer? Add a stunningly beautiful medieval city, old bridges …
Continue readingThe Best Walks in Sydney: Potts point to Circular Quay, NSW, Australia
A favourite Sydney walk combined with a visit to the Poolside Cafe at the Andrew (Boy) Charlton pool. It has all the iconic sights of Sydney – you really know you have arrived! When visiting …
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High Country Lee Kernaghan 1992 This song provided an apt title for our Kosciuzko trail ride which I wrote about in ‘A High Country Ride’. Though strictly speaking set in the Victorian High Country, it captures …
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Northern Kosciuszko is a popular horse riding area and offers a stunning combination of beautiful scenery and historic huts.
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Imber, Wiltshire, England. April 2017 Imber is a ghost village on Salisbury Plain, a frozen relic from 1943 when its inhabitants were evacuated to allow army manoeuvres. Access is still limited but a visit will …
Continue readingThe Ride from Snowy River, Trail Riding in Australia
Trail Riding in Australia (2) – January 2017 The Pilot Wilderness, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW, Australia A recent change of policy has seen horse riders allowed back into Kosciuszko’s Pilot wilderness area – we …
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Banjo Patterson was a popular Australian bush (country) poet and this is one of his most famous poems. It was first published in 1890 and is set in the Victorian High Country. It is the …
Continue readingSara by Fleetwood Mac
Sara/Fleetwood Mac This song played in my mind amidst the desert wastes of Sharjah though the lyrics didn’t get as far as the sand bit – that comes from Matthew 7:24-27 and the parable of …
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