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.
- Here’s another entry in the sporadic, slightly unhinged #OneSongOnePlaylist series. This time, I’ve…
- For a short while now, I've found myself saying "Frank-En-Furter" out loud.
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.
- 9th April After visiting the open day at the London Transport Museum Depot in Gunnersbury I jumped on the tube at Acton Town and travelled back to Hendon to walk […]
- 1st April I return to Beckenham Hill Station to pick up where I left off on 5thMarch 2026 and complete Section 3 of the Capital Ring to Crystal Palace. It […]
Tedium: The Dull Side Of The Internet
Eclectic, well-written, always interesting content from Ernie Smith.
- A meditation on the game of Solitaire and its endless variations, which go well beyond what you can find in Windows 3.1.
- What inspired the semi-viral fake GIMP trailer that recently fluttered around FOSS circles? The creator and puppeteer behind Pork Johnson explains.
Cruise Monkeys
Wales-based Gav and Luke like cruising – as do we – and they like drinking – as do we.
- Virgin Voyages officially arrived on the West Coast on Monday, April 6, as Brilliant Lady made her highly anticipated debut
- Princess Cruises announces its spectacular 2028 World Cruise onboard Coral Princess, a 115-night, globe-spanning journey to 49 destinations across 24 countries and five continents