This page contains recent writing on the site – a bit of a shock, I know – or recent modifications which means you will see both Blog posts (which are summaries of recent updates on the site plus occasional forays off into other subjects) and Travel Portfolio posts (which are the main pieces of travel writing you’ll find on this site, comprising reviews, photos, and travelogues), and you’ll see them in most recently-updated order. This is because I occasionally revisit older posts and rewrite them, and because I occasionally add a new feature to the site and need an easy way to track what’s been changed using the modified date of posts.

So, if you want to see just the newest blog posts in the order in which they were most recently published you can take a look at the Blog page. If you want to see the most recently published travelogue, review, or photo update then the Travel Portfolio will list those. To see content from both categories of website posts but in the order in which I’ve most recently made a change then this is the page for you.

A page that has to explain its purpose is probably something serious website owners frown upon, but fortunately I’m not one of them. And I’m fully aware that nobody cares enough to browse a site these days, making a page like this mostly pointless, and that it’s all about the instant gratification from clicks, but, as I’ve mentioned elsewhere, this site is for me and my memories mainly. And I like to tinker with things so this was fun to do as well.


Amsterdam Arrival, Some Architectural HighlightsMarch 16th, 2025 Some photos from the Celebrity Silhouette cruise ship on her arrival in Amsterdam in late August, 2023.
Street Art In Amsterdam: The STRAAT MuseumMarch 19th, 2025 Pictures of some of the street art exhibited at the STRAAT museum in Amsterdam, taken while on a cruise stopover in 2023.
Celebrity Silhouette Second ChanceMarch 12th, 2025 Boarding and first day at sea on the cruise ship, Celebrity Silhouette, with a look at the food and how the first night's drinking curtailed the second day's activities on the ship.
Alaska Cruise CompletedMarch 10th, 2025 Links to the most recent cruise travelogues which complete a cruise to Alaska on Holland America Line, plus a few older travelogue posts to complete a Welsh getaway back in 2011. Blog.
Cruise Map: Alaska On Holland America Line KoningsdamJuly 1st, 2023 Interactive map of a cruise to the ports of Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan, as well as cruising through Glacier Bay with links to travelogues and photos.
Speciality Dining That Wasn’t On A Last Day Aboard KoningsdamMarch 8th, 2025 A final day at sea passing pleasing island views on the way back from Alaska to Vancouver aboard Koningsdam cruise ship, and some not so special speciality dining.
Vancouver Cruise Debark TourMarch 9th, 2025 Some photos from a debark tour taken at the end of an Alaskan cruise that started and ended in the Canadian city of Vancouver.
Koningsdam Departing Vancouver For AlaskaJanuary 13th, 2025 Views from the aft deck of the Koningsdam cruise ship as she departs Vancouver and starts off on a journey to visit Alaska for a week.
Ketchikan: Creek Street And The Bawden Street BreweryMarch 5th, 2025 A little time to wander around Ketchikan, Alaska, taking in its famously colourful Creek Street area and sneaking in a visit to a brewery too.
An Unwelcoming Stay In TremadogMarch 6th, 2025 A handful of photos and some details of the part of our 2011 short break in Wales that included some decidedly unwelcoming locals.
Birdland BirdsMarch 5th, 2025 Photos of some of the many birds we saw in Birdland, Gloucestershire, 2011. This was a stop we made to break up a journey from home to Wales for a short trip.
Totem Poles At Edwin C. DeWitt Carving Centre, Saxman, AlaskaFebruary 28th, 2025 Pictures of the totem poles in the Saxman Totem Park near Ketchikan, Alaska from a cruise in 2023.