Graham Simpson's Blog
11.03.2010 Our Caribbean Jaunt
Well I didn't get to write that piece on the beach - just too 'chilled out' as they say here.
You can't help relaxing in the Caribbean, the whole way of life including th
01.02.2010 A Winter Jaunt Every other year we take a winter holiday – come mid-January we find the need for sun drawing us to far off places.
This time round it’s the Caribbean. We are n
28.01.2010 January Surprise Well I have to confess that I’m pleasantly surprised the way bookings are going this January. I think like most people we were battening down the hatches at Simpson and
22.01.2010 A theatrical experience not to be missed We are fairly regular theatregoers and the other night we saw something very special in London which I’d like to share with you. We finally saw ‘War Horse’ a
14.01.2010 The Glories of Turkey Three months ago I revisited Turkey with my son Mathew after a gap of 12 years not knowing quite what to expect. I first started a programme there in 1983 after visiting the c
05.01.2010 Happy New Year
On behalf of everyone at Simpson Travel, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy, healthy and hopefully peaceful New Year.
A few New Year resolutio
14.12.2009 Update on the Kittens
We christened our two little mouse catchers Phaedra and Electra. We had discovered their sex as an excellent UK charity, PAWS (Paxos Animal Welfare Society), sends voluntar
18.11.2009 New Beginnings
First of all, for those of you who have been following my blogs – my apologies for such a long gap in communicating.
The reason is simple - I've rediscovered the jo
03.06.2009 Paxos kittens
Whilst driving along our lane to our house I came across two tiny kittens right in my path. I stopped, put them in a safe and shaded glade under the Olive trees nearby - I c
30.05.2009 I've been Ikearised helping out a Paxiot friend
Tourism plays a big part of Greek island life and Paxos is no different. Although not catering for the hoards, there is a steady stream of Paxofiles who return year after y
29.04.2009 Greek Easter – The biggest festival in the Greek calendar
This year our Easter celebrations in the UK came a week before the Greek Orthodox Easter. Yianna and I enjoyed a traditional family celebration in the UK, which includ
29.04.2009 My family and me
My spiritual home became Greece after I met and married a wonderful, free-spirited Cretan girl when I was an out-of-work actor in 1972 and for nearly four decades now, Yiann
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