11.Trains, Boats and Planes > The Ancient Highway https://theancienthighway.com - Journeys from the edge Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:25:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://theancienthighway.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-DSCF4098-1-scaled-2-32x32.jpg 11.Trains, Boats and Planes > The Ancient Highway https://theancienthighway.com 32 32 Mexico : A nonfiction novella https://theancienthighway.com/mexico-a-nonfiction-novella-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mexico-a-nonfiction-novella-2 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 15:42:42 +0000 https://theancienthighway.com/?page_id=7883 ...

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Book Quote: Rosemary Mahoney Sails Solo Down the Nile https://theancienthighway.com/rosemary-mahoney-sailing-solo-down-the-nile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rosemary-mahoney-sailing-solo-down-the-nile Tue, 22 Aug 2023 21:25:48 +0000 https://theancienthighway.com/?page_id=6971 ...

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Book Quote: Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Vintage European Hike https://theancienthighway.com/patrick-leigh-fermor-a-time-of-gifts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=patrick-leigh-fermor-a-time-of-gifts Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:55:42 +0000 https://theancienthighway.com/?page_id=6903 ...

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Book Quote: Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul Memoir https://theancienthighway.com/orhan-pamuk-istanbul-memories-of-a-city-extract/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=orhan-pamuk-istanbul-memories-of-a-city-extract Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:57:10 +0000 https://theancienthighway.com/?page_id=6844 ...

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Book Quote: Ma Jian’s China Odyssey https://theancienthighway.com/ma-jian-red-dust-china-odyssey-extract/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ma-jian-red-dust-china-odyssey-extract Tue, 15 Aug 2023 09:39:42 +0000 https://theancienthighway.com/?page_id=6834 ...

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Laurie Lee’s 1930s Walk of a Lifetime https://theancienthighway.com/laurie-lee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=laurie-lee Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:21:48 +0000 https://theancienthighway.com/?page_id=6830 ...

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My Beating Heart – An Orkney Travel Tale https://theancienthighway.com/ancienthighway-blog-orkney-island-scotland-travel-tale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ancienthighway-blog-orkney-island-scotland-travel-tale https://theancienthighway.com/ancienthighway-blog-orkney-island-scotland-travel-tale/#respond Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:38:44 +0000 https://theancienthighway.com/?p=6202 EXTRACT: Orkney Island, Scotland .....The shoreline was now strewn with rubbish; not just newspapers and carrier bags, but rusting tin drums and petrol containers. I walked for a further mile along this stretch, hoping that this threat to Orkney’s natural beauty would soon recede. In the distance I could see a farmhouse at the top of some fields. I stopped by a burnt out car and viewed the building through my binoculars....

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Book Review: Imperium (Ryszard Kapuscinski) https://theancienthighway.com/travel-book-review-imperium-ryszard-kapuscinski/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=travel-book-review-imperium-ryszard-kapuscinski Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:41:56 +0000 https://theancienthighway.com/?page_id=6661 ...

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My Pretty Peggy Sue https://theancienthighway.com/seattle-to-leicestershire-travel-writing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seattle-to-leicestershire-travel-writing Thu, 04 May 2023 21:53:33 +0000 https://theancienthighway.com/?page_id=6551 ...

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From School Dark Room to International Courier – Lessons in Contraband https://theancienthighway.com/from-school-dark-room-to-international-courier/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-school-dark-room-to-international-courier https://theancienthighway.com/from-school-dark-room-to-international-courier/#respond Thu, 20 Jan 2022 22:20:30 +0000 https://theancienthighway.com/?p=4536 Extract: During the 1970s I attended a Lancashire secondary school. Perhaps, one of the more unusual ‘O’ Level options I chose was Art. I say, unusual, because I lacked dexterity, and couldn’t tell the difference between a Picasso and a Beano. However, several months into my Art studies, an off-shoot of the discipline presented itself, which certainly opened up an interesting divergence – photography.

So, whilst most of the other students diligently applied themselves in the Art classroom, a two-minute walk away, around the back of the school stage, over a period of months, I set to work with two long standing friends in the dark room to see how we could best exploit those unsupervised alternative curriculum hours.  

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