A travel writer gets asked 'where's your favourite place on Earth' approximately 100 times a year.

My answer never changes.

Walking the newest section of the King Charles III path today. Beautiful day for it! Eastbourne to Hastings (second leg continues on to Rye).

Yesterday morning, I went to the Somerset Levels 90 minutes before sunrise.

After the tempestuous weekend it was calm and clear. I waded through deep puddles accompanied by the hoots of a tawny owl, the whee-oo of widgeons, the squeal of a water rail.

And then, as if from nowhere, from the reeds:

Blue sky, pink clouds.

Lewes station this morning, with the lumps and bumps of the South Downs beyond.

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Hey #travel nerds. Where are we looking at in this pic?

(Clue: it was taken in the evening.)

On your marks, get set...

Life in Bosham is governed by the tide. At low tide, an ice cream van emerges alongside the seaweed in Bosham Quay.

Then as the tide comes in, people travel about on kayaks and sailboats, while visitors enjoy fish and chips on the sea wall. #travel #sussex

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Here is a nice toadstool, spotted at Sheffield Park a few weeks ago.

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Thanks! A few more where this came from...

I remember when Twitter was a genuinely exciting place for #travel journalists, film makers photographers (etc) to share their stories.

Wonder if we can recreate that over here?

On my part, I'll be sharing bits and bobs from my travels as a newspaper journalist / as a man of the South Downs. 🌄📷

Did you know that Rome, right now, is one very big and very noisy building site as it prepares for the Jubilee Year?

I went last week on assignment. And I took lots of photos, but this was my favourite.

The drama, the romance, the passion, the pathos. Like a Roman tragedy in one frame.