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Richard has visited plenty of places and spends much of his time travelling. Join him, wherever he has been, by browsing through this Archive.

Highways and Heatwaves – a road trip to Madrid
On the road to Madrid Beginning in the rain[...]
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Scooters, sunshine, and climate at the London Wetland Centre
London Wetland Centre, Barnes Rain was forecast. The forecasters[...]
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Hortillonages – tranquillity when you need it
Hortillonages, Amiens Tranquillity in Amiens It is difficult to[...]
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Lucca: History, Culture, and Gelato
Lucca, Italy Lucca’s Allure There are few places in[...]
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Orkney and its Scapa whisky
Orkney, United Kingdom Visiting Orkney is an adventure, as[...]
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Somalia – The Land of Punt
Mogadishu, Somalia “Somalia will return one day,” said Burhaan.[...]
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Flying saucers and Northumbrian Rock Art
Alnwick, United Kingdom “When I last looked at a[...]
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We’ve run out of strychnine
Alnwick, United Kingdom “It’s been a bad year,” said[...]
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Skeleton 61 – osteoarchaeology with Andante
Winchester, United Kingdom “Why are you here?” I asked[...]
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Dry stone walling depends on the weather
Troutbeck, United Kingdom “If the weather is like this,”[...]
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Pandemic unrest in Bodelwyddan
Bodelwyddan, Clwyd, United Kingdom “If you want to hear[...]
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The error of abandoning reconstructive surgery for the war-wounded
Tripoli, Lebanon As an orthopaedic surgeon who has undertaken[...]
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