11 January, 2024
The End of the Line
Imagine a land where snow and ice cover the ground for five months of the year, where summers are short and cool, weather unpredictable, high winds and very heavy rain not infre...
4 January, 2024
6 rolls, 6 days, 600km, one misplaced drop of oil: Nikon FM on the Second City Divide
The plan: six days off-road. Last summer I set off with my friend Aidan to cycle the Second City Divide. This is a roughly 600km bikepacking route linking Glasgow and Manchester...
9 December, 2023
Where is the Heidelberg? – with Canonet GIII QL17 and Fomapan 400
I did not know where the city of Heidelberg was until I reached there. I knew it was somewhere. As I was growing up, I read a poem by Allama Iqbal that he had written on the ban...
21 November, 2023
Saving my vacation photos from a faulty development
For a decade I have been itching to again visit Paris. Francophone popular culture has been a part of my life since childhood originating in the French and Belgian comics I rapt...
7 November, 2023
Veliko Tarnovo – a Glimpse into its Past
As my business trips are usually done by driving, when I have some meetings or work to do in Bulgaria, I always stop for a day or two in Veliko Tarnovo. It is on the “easy” rout...
26 October, 2023
Traversing The Cowboy Trail (Part two)
Hello again! If you missed the first part of my journey across Alberta’s Cowboy Trail I highly recommend checking it out, otherwise this will make just about zero sense… I woke ...
21 October, 2023
Traversing The Cowboy Trail (Part One)
For those outside Alberta, and definitely Canada, The Cowboy Trail is a long stretch of road on the west end of the province. It runs from Mayerthorpe to Cardston, over 700KM al...
19 October, 2023
Olympus Trip 35 on Holiday – Part 2 – Getting Arty in Italy
This is the second of two articles about the Trip 35. The first is here, and that one is a simple review that deals with using the camera as it was intended. In this second piec...