Travelling with dogs – Page 7 – World Wide Walkies

Kosovo to Montenegro

Our search for a stopover turned into an endless journey. A repeat of the day before.

Kidnapped By Aliens In Slovakia! – The Perils of Being a Brit Abroad

I am thrilled that my piece Kidnapped By Aliens In Slovakia! – The Perils of Being a Brit Abroad has been featured by Robert Fear on his Fred’s Blog Creative Writing Showcase. What happened at Bzovic should really stay at Bzovic. But if you really want to know the true story about what happened atContinue reading “Kidnapped By Aliens In Slovakia! – The Perils of Being a Brit Abroad”

Trial by TRILEX – Coming to Terms with Split Rim Wheels!

In 1973, the Welsh rock band, Budgie, sang about being in the grip of a tyre fitter’s hand. Part of the soundtrack of my teenage years, I could never have guessed how prophetic this song would become one day, almost half a century later.

Welcome To Kosovo

A picture of The Beast, a 6x4-wheel drive Volvo N10 ex-army truck converted into a camper with author Jacqueline Lambert standing in its doorway in a yellow dress

Hungerford. Lockerbie. Dunblane. Sleepy backwaters whose syllables might have languished in obscurity forever, had they not become intertwined irrevocably with tragedy. I felt the same as we crossed into Kosovo. My knowledge of Europe’s newest country – a territory half the size of Wales, populated by fewer than two-million people – derived mostly from shockingContinue reading “Welcome To Kosovo”