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Samuel Ryde photographs Roger Darlington
June 15th, 2023 by Roger Darlington
London photographer Sam Ryde has just completed a photographic project hosted by the Bankside Hotel in central London where Sam was the artist in residence. As part of this project, he photographed a number of people living close to the hotel in their own home. I was one of his subjects and this what he […]
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“Roger And (Not) Out” – a memoir of my first 75 years
May 27th, 2023 by Roger Darlington
For the last nine months, I’ve had a major project: I wanted to produce a memoir in time for my 75th birthday on 25 June 2023. And I’ve done it. It was published this weekend. For family and friends who will be attending my birthday celebration, a free, signed copy of the memoir will be […]
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Holiday in Namibia (10): conclusion
May 2nd, 2023 by Roger Darlington
Namibia is a huge country with a tiny population. The country and the people are poor. Those in work are subject to a national minimum wage of a mere 65 Namibian dollars a day which is about 3 British pounds or 3.5 US dollars. In fact, almost half the population is unemployed with youth unemployment […]
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Holiday in Namibia (9): Otjiwarongo
April 28th, 2023 by Roger Darlington
It seems that this holiday is going to end as it has largely progressed – with early morning starts. At the Etosha King Nehale Lodge on Thursday morning, I had to set the alarm for 5 am and put out my luggage at 6 am, so that I could have breakfast and be ready for […]
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Holiday in Namibia (8): more Etosha National Park
April 26th, 2023 by Roger Darlington
On Tuesday, we left Okaukeujoa at 8 am with a local guide on an open vehicle game drive while our driver/guide Carlos drove our coach with our luggage to our next accommodation location. It was another challenging day because all the roads were gravel, the breeze was strong and constant and, since we were in […]
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Holiday in Namibia (7): Etosha National Park
April 25th, 2023 by Roger Darlington
On Monday, we left Twyfelfontein Country Lodge at 8.30 am. We were on our way north-east to Etosha National Park but we had a number of stops along the way. Very soon we halted at the Petrified Forest. Of course, it did not look like a forest because all the tree trunks and bits were […]
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Holiday in Namibia (6): Damaraland
April 23rd, 2023 by Roger Darlington
The next stage of our busy holiday involved yet another early start and yet another long road journey. So I was up at 5.30 am, put out my luggage at 6.30 am, and had breakfast before we set off at 7.15 am. First, we drove due north along the Skeleton Coast and stopped to view […]
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Holiday in Namibia (5): Swakopmund
April 21st, 2023 by Roger Darlington
On our second and last evening at the Desert Camp in Sesriem, there was bad news, followed by good news, followed by more bad news. The first bad news was that the air conditioning on our bus had broken down, it was not possible for our driver/guide to repair it, and there was no question […]
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Holiday in Namibia (4): Sossusvlei
April 19th, 2023 by Roger Darlington
Tuesday was totally another travelling day. From our accommodation near the Fish River Canyon – the furthest south of our trip – we would now be heading north each day for the next week. So it was another case of “seven for eight”: luggage outside our door at 7 am and coach departure at 8 […]
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Holiday in Namibia (3): the Quiver Tree Forest & the Fish River Canyon
April 17th, 2023 by Roger Darlington
Sunday was definitely a travelling day. We left the Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch just after 8 am and eventually rolled up to the Gondwana Canyon Village a little after 4 pm, after a journey of 8 hours. We were always travelling directly south, for about two-thirds of the journey on a normal road and for […]
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