- Welcome to The Ancient Highway. Thanks for landing here at this website, which is lovingly devoted to tales of intrepid travel.
- Making journeys into the unknown and piecing my memories together into short stories rocked my boat for quite a few years.
- My name is Damian Rainford. I live in Shrewsbury, a historic market town in middle England.
- Writings about my own explorations feature quite prominently within this website, particularly under the ‘Ancient Highway Stories’ sections (Main Menu). It isn’t just about the travelling, but about the history uncovered in the process!
- We hope you enjoy our stories. Part Brysonesque and, well yes, part Damianesque, they represent a labour of love spanning several decades.
- The tales featured on this site are also accompanied by our own travel literature book reviews.
- See this link for a bit more info
Quote of the Week
Paul Theroux, The Great Railway Bazaar (1975): "The man in Reservations told me no bedding was available on the Khyber Mail. I suspected he was angling for Baksheesh and gave him six rupees to find bedding. After twenty minutes he said that it had all been booked. He was very sorry. I asked for my bribe back. He said, 'As you wish.' "
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