The latest posts from friends or from content relatable to this site’s main theme or even just stuff I like and want to check up on occasionally. The number of articles per feed may vary over time depending on how often people post, and feeds may be removed or added at any point.
If you have a travel-related website that isn’t just copy-and-paste press releases or if you write fairly frequently and think “Hey, I reckon Mark would like to read what I’ve put out there every now and then!” then please do get in contact. I promise nothing, though, because my tastes are fickle
theaardvark
Paul is someone I’ve been online friends with for a good few years too, first on Twitter, now, like me, a migrant to the more pleasant waters of Mastodon.
- I was thinking about how when I was very young, I learnt…
- A couple of months ago, I unjared a very promising jar of…
Snaprails Random Things
A lover of train travel rather than the more far-flung adventures we prefer to engage in, and a frequent co-engager on the regular Top of the Pops chats on Mastodon.
- Woolwich to Falconwood 26th November 2025 6.2 miles plus 1.0 miles of station links. Total = 7.2 miles (11.6 km). I finally completed the London Loop path back in September […]
- Err, yes, it seems to have been a while since I updated this blog. 😳It’s not that I haven’t done anything since September 15th, just that I haven’t got my […]
Tedium: The Dull Side Of The Internet
Eclectic, well-written, always interesting content from Ernie Smith.
- Considering the inherent tension of the Ovation guitar, which applied aerospace concepts to the acoustic guitar. It’s a brilliant object, but perhaps a conflicted one.
- The New York Times’ choice to publish a video op-ed by the CEO of Patreon points at why exec-produced video op-eds might be a bad idea.
The Captain’s Table
A mix of historical cruise ship and liner content and more up-to-date blogging from former Queen Mary tour guide, Zach Whitlow.
- November 13, 2025, marks the 60th anniversary of the Yarmouth Castle disaster. The 38-year-old cruise ship caught fire during an overnight voyage to Nassau, […]
- Today marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. The ship foundered in a storm on Lake Superior, and—in many […]
Cruise Monkeys
Wales-based Gav and Luke like cruising – as do we – and they like drinking – as do we.
- Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines welcomed UK government officials and energy stakeholders aboard Borealis for a roundtable discussion hosted by the Cruise Lines […]
- Looking for the best way to see Europe in summer 2027? You’ll find it on Windstar Cruises. The small-ship cruise line has […]