Chambers at Large

Once I reached the age of sixty I compiled a Bucket List.  I’ve not written it down, but I have it in my head and it is always changing,...

Let me make it quite clear from the outset I am NOT in prison, but I did visit The Clink Museum a few yards from Borough Market near...

In the last few weeks I’ve ticked off a few things on my bucket list and appearing as a contestant on Countdown was one. Okay, I didn’t...

I’ve stated before in my blog that I’m not a religious person, but I genuinely hate how commercialised Christmas has become in certain...

When I holidayed in Madeira in February 2023 I fell in love with the island as it truly is paradise on Earth, so another visit before the...

Whilst on sojourn in Sri Lanka I took the opportunity to visit two large national parks in the south of the country, resulting in me...

I spent many hours on the road whilst exploring Sri Lanka, but thankfully I was being driven, which meant I could sit back and enjoy the...

I do not consider myself a religious person, but I do have an interest in religion, therefore I was keen to go to The Temple of the...

The flight from London, Heathrow, to Sri Lanka is just over ten hours, but on the plus side, it was an overnight flight and I slept. ...

I’m a little late congratulating the county town of Leitrim for winning the Best Kept Towns Competition 2023, but better late than never!...

Dodging the showers has become a sport this summer, but having been told there is no such thing as bad weather in the UK and Ireland,...

I am a great supporter of zoos and wildlife parks where staff do their best to conserve and protect flora and fauna on our fragile planet...

Over thirty years ago I visited the Holy Land, travelling the length and breadth of Israel in order to see where Jesus was born, where he...

One of the reasons I wanted to go to Jordan was to visit the ancient city of Petra and I was not disappointed. It is a remarkable site...

I’ve wanted to go to Jordan for some considerable time and was delighted to find a tour that covered many of the highlights of the...

Watching Han Solo and Chewbacca piloting the Millennium Falcon for the first time back in the late seventies is one of my most vivid...

When asked to name an Irish poet the names that spring to mind will probably be the Nobel Laureates: W. B. Yeats and Seamus Heaney. The...

Despite the glorious sunshine and temperatures of twenty to twenty two degrees, the local people still viewed the balmy days of February...

When I first mentioned to a friend that I was going to Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira off the Moroccan coast,...

After having visited several multicoloured towns and villages in Romania it came as a shock to see that the city of Bucharest was fifty...