The open cars provide amazing views of mountains, rivers, precipices and forests, but they don't protect the passengers from the dirt an...

The Durango & Silverton Railroad i s a preserved narrow-guage railway in the San Juan Rockies. Much of the line's early life was ...

I know these aren't great pictures - but I would love to know what these are. Any ornithologist out there able to tell me? thanks THM. ...

Inter-generational movements, bodies or institutions inevitably face battles to define their identity, purpose and future direction. Frequen...

Alpha Scotland will be holding it's 'Relationship Central' conference at Perth Baptist Church Centre on Saturday October 1st 201...

Teluride - a charming tourist-trap of a town at the head of a box-canyon, dwarfed by the enormous mountains that rise up on three sides.

While going up Engineer Mountain (we didn't get all the way!) all I noticed was the awe-inspiring grandeur of the mountain scenery. Desc...

Just about high enough above sea level to notice the reduced oxygen available when climbing!

US Route 550 winds its way precariously from Silverton to Ouray - threading its way on ledges, cuttings and through hair-pin bends through ...

Although Tim Chester's book weighs in at a slender 138 easy-reading pages, it delivers a massive heavyweight punch in the penetrating in...

Mineral Creek: dirt roads, hill-trails, fine mountains, campsites - and bear warning signs!

(click on photo to enlarge) The road from Durango to Silverton is one of those drives on which the scenery is so stunning that it is not p...

The riverside cafe in Pagosa Springs seems to have a fine grasp of priorities - and they serve fine coffee too! "Get More Out of Lif...

Blogger recently launched a new toy to enable it to compete with the likes of Wordpress -a WAP facility for the blogs they host. This means ...

Tony Horwitz' book about the ongoing significance of America's Civil War manages to be fast-paced, educational, incisive, and though...

While in Scotland, young Norris had spent at least a term cultivating and sporting an increasingly splendid mound of hippy hair. Wearing ...

 

The scale of these dunes and towers is only apparent when you notice the 'huge' pylon (bottom left). Utah, USA.

Caution: Big scary beasties! Monument Valley, Utah. (squirrel photo, by 'Boris')

Monument Valley, Utah