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ROAD WARRIOR (noun): a person who travels frequently as part of their job and does much work while travelling.
[Oxford English Dictionary]

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Pogonophobia and other weird ailments you never knew existed

I grabbed the morning papers in London the other day, to read on the train to the airport. Every paper […]

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Englishmen, White Storks, and other tales of migration from the Algarve

A friend has a 53-foot sailing yacht. He keeps it moored in Portimão, a small town on Portugal’s Algarve. He […]

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A Run in London

About ten years ago, in an effort to defeat (or at least slow the advance of) the bulge that seemed […]

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Top Tips For Getting Through Immigration, Quick

The first blog I ever wrote, in January 2012, was prompted by the angst I felt when, on arriving at […]

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A Weekend in Amsterdam (Part II)

I recently visited Amsterdam. There, in and amongst the usual tourist attractions, I got inspired by the city’s canals. And […]

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A Weekend in Amsterdam (Part I)

I just spent a long weekend in Amsterdam, a city which has many well-known “amusements” for the intrepid visitor. So you might […]

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