Month: March 2005

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Talk about The Accidental Pilgrim

Monday, March 28, 2005

Just a brief note to let you know that I will soon be giving a talk in Santa Fe – with photographs and readings – about the cycling trip from Northern Ireland to northern Italy that became The Accidental Pilgrim.

It’s on Saturday, April 2nd at 5pm, at The Travel Bug cafe and bookshop, 839 Paseo de Peralta (between Alameda and Palace).

You can find out more about the cycling, the places, and the mad saint, and hear select passages from the book.

So if you’re in northern New Mexico and would like to come along, you’d be more than welcome.

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Ice Station Reindeer

Thursday, March 17, 2005

Dave Walsh reporting from Lapland for GreenpeaceSo it’s cold here (and beautiful, now the sun’s come out), but it’s not as cold as some places.

My friend Dave Walsh, ardent adventurer that he is, will be spending the next month or so inside the Arctic Circle.

He’s working on a campaign for Greenpeace, protesting the logging in the Sami Reindeer Forests of Northern Lapland.

He’s writing the campaign’s blog, and I’m sure he’d appreciate a visit, especially as it’s St Patrick’s Day.

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Out like a lion

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

I was down in Albuquerque on Saturday, and it was hot – mid 70s and sunny.

This was quite a change from the cold and snowy experience in England and Ireland. Crocuses and daffodils are peeping up here in Santa Fe, and I was warm when I was out on the bike over the weekend.

That’s all changed now.

there's a lot snow on this tableI’ve never seen so much snow – around 18 inches in Santa Fe over the last couple of days. Up at the ski valley, there’s the best snow local skiers have ever seen.

And here’s the view of the table outside the house.

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Back from the auld sod

Sunday, March 06, 2005

Just back from Dublin, and still jetlagged and confused, so I’ll keep this brief.

Had a fine time with the folks in England, and with the friends in Dublin. Unseasonably cold in England (Trafalgar Square in driving snow was a new experience), and unseasonably dry in Ireland.

No surprise then, to return to Santa Fe to clouds and rain.

Dublin was by turns fantastic and frustrating (no change there, then), and Buendia packed her bags with the most-missed foodstuffs from those islands, including set honey, Tesco luxury muesli, potato farls and Odlums brown bread mix.

We visited ate in all the old haunts, and threw in a trip to Kilkenny.

More about the trip later.

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New edition of The Accidental Pilgrim

Sunday, March 06, 2005

Just a quick note to let you know that the smaller paperback edition of the first book is out now.

Should be reasonably easy to get hold of in Ireland, and in an increasing number of places in the UK (a search in a Waterstones in London revealed copies in half a dozen branches in London, and in many other cities besides).

I’ll update the purchasing page on the site when the online retailers update their inventory.

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