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...
Tales of a City Trail
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Toytown Osaka Midnight riverscape. Flyover transformed into night sky scalextrics. We touchdown in Osaka for our first taste of Japan and drive right into the heart of...
Cog in the Car Factory You travel all night. Where do you go in your mind? Further than we drive? A popular Japanese tourist attraction is the car factory. Toyota has...
The Romantic Poet William Wordsworth wrote a lot of his poetry while striding out across the fells. And in winter, he often took to the lake; not on a boat, but on...
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...
I love popping into places. I love pop up cafes. I love pop music. I love popping balloons. I love the word pop. Pop. Pop. Pop. So how delighted was I as part of my...
Torii Story Beyond the gate lies sacred space. A thousand times. Shinto mountain shrine. Sometimes tourism is more than tourism. You forget the admission charges, the...
A while back the local paper published news of an innovative solution to bank holiday gridlock in the Lakes. Reaction was split; some said the Windermere cable car bid...
An Audience with Fuji San Fuji San chooses. Not you. Oft hidden idol. You must watch, wait, pray. Mount Fuji is more than a mountain. It is a sacred mountain and must be...
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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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