Highlights from my brief visit to San Francisco, January 2013.

"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
Highlights from my brief visit to San Francisco, January 2013.
A few thoughts from my notebook collected during my trip to Zurich, October 2012.
Photos from my first visit to Zurich.
My luxury-holiday-on-a-budget, to Gibraltar in Club via a 5* London hotel.
An up-close look at Europe’s ‘most dangerous airport’.
Summertime on the Rock.
Flyertalk report of my trip to Assisi: standard class rail in the UK, economy and business flights between London and Rome, the BA lounge at FCO, and first class rail travel in Italy.
A few sights from my academic trip to Assisi, March 2012
Highlights from ten days in Boston for First Night and JMM 2012, plus plenty of sightseeing.
Highlights from my visit to Toronto, September 2011.
A little after 9am this morning found me perched on a bench with four strangers, each of us anonymously dressed in oversized red jumpsuits, further constrained by straps that pull awkwardly at limbs. I’d been temporarily relieved of all my possessions except my clothes, lest I somehow cause harm with them later; permanently relieved of almost $200; breathalysed; swabbed for narcotics; had surrendered my passport; and waived my right to sue over distress, injury or death.
All because I fancied a stroll.
A selection from my visit to Montreal, August 2011.
Bristol is famed for its hot air balloons, and this year I was able to see the fiesta from my house, and then my house from a balloon!
A couple of days of sightseeing fitted around the Joint Mathematics Meetings 2011.
Highlights from my first US city.
Discovering the cities and scenery of Malta – plus Comino’s bue lagoon.
A day trip to Malta’s second island.
Gallery from my first visit to Toronto, September 2009.
A few shots of my favourite inhabitants at Toronto Zoo.