Camino 2023: The Final Push

Stu and I have not seen each other for a while and are seldom allowed out without adult supervision. I can also confirm that Spain is admirably served with restaurants and bars.

Horror in the Middle East

A long post this, and unusually, not written by me. It's written by Isaac Saul of Tangle. I came across this newsletter on Twitter. Everything below is written (thoughtfully and brilliantly in my view) by Mr Saul.

Travel

The storm and I descended together, the rain smashing into the tarmac. The road became a river, until at one point, it became obvious to me that Kyproulla would not make the route ahead.

Keeping a Journal

I feel like I need a full blown toddler tantrum. At full volume, on my back, in a supermarket, snot and tears all over my face, screaming “why” at the top of my lungs.

Read all about it!

The Prime Minister himself, is grabbing every passing populist tidbit that he can lay his hands on. “Stop the Boats!” (And the trains). “Cease the war on the motorist.”

Stop it.

Life is short. You have much, much better things to do than get fired up by people or platforms that make money from the very outrage they provoke.

Five Years

I had plenty of time to consider how things would have unfolded had we been in the UK, and I’m convinced that we were very lucky to be in Cyprus.

Bittersweet

Yesterday, Chicago lounged next to me on the office couch, as I earnestly explained that next day or two was going to be very confusing, but that everything would end up alright.
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