WHERE THE ROAD TOOK US
As I walked out of Broken Hill that already-hot, sunny and sweaty morning, who would have thought where that road would eventually take me?
From Northern Rhodesia to South Africa, from there to London, the world of thoroughbred horses and the extraordinary 1960s.
And along the way, I met Fran.
That's when the journey changed.
What had started as my journey became ours.
Together we've travelled through South Africa, London, Europe, America and Australia — with plenty of places, people and stories in between.
And we're still going.
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It was the Africa of my childhood
— wide horizons, sun-baked streets, red earth, big skies and a close-knit community where there was always something to do and fun was never far away.
It seemed a small world then.
But looking back now, I realise that those years were quietly preparing me for a journey I could never have imagined as a young boy.
We haven't reached the other Broken Hill yet.
After all these years of thinking about it, dreaming about it and wondering what it will feel like to finally stand there, I'm still on the journey.
Long before I ever knew there was another Broken Hill, the one in Northern Rhodesia was everything to me.
a journey I couldn't have imagined at the time
A journey that would take me across oceans, through countries, into different lives and eventually , hopefully, towards another Broken Hill, thousands of miles from the place where my story began.
This is not simply a travel blog.
Its the story of the places I've lived, the places I've travelled, the people I've met, the things I've discovered — and the memories that have stayed with me."
from then to now
Some stories go back to Northern Rhodesia and my childhood.
Others take us through South Africa, 1960s London and the world of thoroughbred horses.
Some are about where Fran and I live now in England, and the fascinating stories we've discovered almost on our doorstep.
And others take us travelling — through Europe, America, Australia, Scotland, South Africa, Zambia and wherever the road takes us next.
Somewhere along that long journey, I met Fran.
And that's when the story changed. Her stories, her laughter and her spirit brought a new chapter to my life.
and then there was Fran
"What had started as my journey became our journey.
Now there are two of us — still travelling, still curious and still collecting stories from all over."
but, the journey isn't over yet
There are still so many places we want to discover.
Stories we haven't told.
Roads we haven't travelled.
"and somewhere ahead, there is another Broken Hill.
We haven't reached it yet, but someday we hope to".
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