Isle of Barra

The bench is up at the loch on the Hebredian Isle of Barra. Sitting there the thoughts going through ones mind are..." Midges..midges..midges..bloody dam bloodsucking miniature monsters!"

The Grand Hotel

The Grand Hotel is Lluis Domenech i Montaner's Modernista masterpiece in Palma Mallorca. Since its  construction in 1903 the building has had a chequered history. These days it houses the Fundacio la Caixa cultural centre. Some of the very best touring art exhibitions are displayed here.

A Spanish garden

Before I finally left England to live in Mallorca I regularly listened to Manuel de Falla's composition " Nights in the gardens of Spain." I longed be away from North London, which always seemed to be dark, cold, wet and dreary. I sit here and remember the music. It's not night time but it is how I envisaged those gardens to look.

La Seu

I sat here after taking you to the airport. I imagined I saw your plane overhead leaving Mallorca.The timing would have been about right and the orange coloured tail convinced me that it was the Easy Jet flight you were on. My heart was heavy with sadness.

Can Alluny

Can Alluny " the far away house" of Robert Graves, his family home in paradise. The house in the Mallorcan hillside village of  Deia welcomed many celebrity guests over the years among them Sir Alec Guiness, Gabriel Garcia Marquez,. the young Stephen Hawking and glamorously Ava Gardner and Gina Lollobrigida. Imagine!

Jo Charlton Hall's bench

This bench, with it's panoramic view of Port Issac in Cornwall, was sited in May 2012 by David Hall in honour of his wife Jo Charlton Hall. The bench is now used by hundreds of people each day.

pavilion view

I spent some time here in the 60's. My daughter more recently used to meet her boyfriend just near here. They now live in Brighton wth their 18 month old daughter.