Peace Symbol Not a pure white dove. But a child’s bright paper crane. Folded bird of hope. One of the enduring symbols of Hiroshima is the coloured paper crane. It is...
Tales of a City Trail
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A tribute to the great British BoatyMcBoatface ‘scandal’. We often talk of things changing the face of travel. He really has. Well, the McFace of travel...
Riding the bus gives you time to think. Time to wonder who your fellow passengers are and where they are going. On one particular morning, on one particular 555 bus from...
Robot Dining Tack and tech collide, a fusion, not of flavour but science and myth. In the restaurants of Britain and Europe chefs compete to reinvent and re-energise...
There’s a new breed of sheep in town. The Herdwicks. Or rather the #GoHerdwick’s. To raise money for a local charity, 60 sheep have been painted up by...
The Candy Store Inside a hard shell, honeyed welcome, sweet tooth grin. Favours for strangers. Monday afternoon and the kids are tired, hot and grumpy. We spot a candy...
Buddhist Cemetery Thousands sleep in peace while one meditates, waiting for all our futures. Oku-no-in is a temple complex surrounded by a huge cemetery; the resting...
Have you ever seen a Twizy whizzing around the country lanes? It’s a sight to behold. While the popularity of the electric car grows and the mainstream car manufacturers...
Drive Less Feel More Embrace the release of your mind from the wheel. Let the tips of your fi ngers touch light and not steel. Watch raindrops power into foil lake and...
Gacha City Inside brittle shell of urban gacha gacha lies Kitty city. Our kids love Japan’s gacha gacha balls. These plastic shells with tiny toys inside are available...
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Kirstie Pelling
Kirstie is the creative force and chief poet in residence of poetinmotion.org She is available for residencies, as a conference poet and wedding poet. She is also co-founder of The Family Adventure Project and a regular contributor to many online travel communities.
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