Another example of how our expectations and norms have shifted in recent years. This week's UK max temperatures (bearing in mind we already had 30+ on Friday and Sunday): Monday: 32C Tuesday: 36… (View Post)

Today's Just Eat drink very is tomorrow's industrialist. Or, more likely, his children are. I always remember a conversation with a taxi driver in Kutaisi in Georgia. First surprise was he … (View Post)

Mobile data thanks to an e-sim And we're off again. They got us a new locomotive. Or we were off for 2 minutes but have stopped again. 1000km of this to come (View Post)

We'd be dessicated in the South were it not for the ludicrously high forecast wet bulb temperatures and dewpoints. More sous-vide than barbecue. (View Post)

I was optimistically hoping when I planned my current Anatolian trip that the Iranians would have got rid of their government by now and would be welcoming Western visitors. I could have popped acros… (View Post)