Blogroll

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.

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.

  • A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 3.
    A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 3. 13th May 2026 Following a good night’s sleep, a cup of tea, and a shower I went to the Dublin Bus office in O’Connell […]
  • A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 2.
    A Trip to Ireland, Chapter 2. 12th May 2026 I had a wee lie in – it was a very comfortable bed – a cup of tea, a bit of […]

Tedium: The Dull Side Of The Internet

Eclectic, well-written, always interesting content from Ernie Smith.

  • The Biz Reaper
    If Byron Allen shows up at your door, you did something wrong with your media business. And BuzzFeed has a visitor. Also: I built a thing.
  • The Bold Ones Win
    We lost Ted Turner, a patron saint of Tedium, just as an entrepreneur made an audacious Turner-style bet. What can we learn from that?

Cruise Monkeys

Wales-based Gav and Luke like cruising – as do we – and they like drinking – as do we.