2016-03-19 18:53
You know how it is when you’re on holiday.There’s no rush.You crawl out of your sleeping bag, all blurry eyed, whenever the mood takes you. The younger you are, the later in the… Read More
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...or 'OFF THE ROAD'. A blog that's a book, sort of. New readers please start at the top of the side bar or this WILL NOT MAKE SENSE (only the three most recent posts appear on the main page). All the usual sidebar stuff can be found further down - including a blogroll of hitchhikers, who all qualified for this dubious distinction by LEAVING A COMMENT.
2016-03-19 18:53
The Mosel river valley lies just to the East of Luxembourg, in the German Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region. Look at it on the map, or Google Earth if you have the necessary software. You can’t… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Well, I’m back. I’m restarting the blog. It’s been months, I know: a lay-off so embarrassingly long I’d have sleepless nights about it if I didn’t have more imp… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
As anyone with a modicum of awareness will have noticed, Bertha has been on hold for rather too long a time. This has not been out of laziness on my part, but because I am currently deep in… Read More
2005-09-30 17:08
OK. I promised. We’ve left Amsterdam, we’re on our way to Istanbul, and there’s six of us on the bus. All good mates, naturally. All with the same jolly youthful objectives… Read More
2005-09-10 13:52
The Bertha story’s gone a little quiet recently, hasn’t it? No apologies, but I do have an explanation or two.Partly, it’s been summer. And sunshine makes you lazy.Partly… Read More
2005-09-06 18:43
Funny thing, memory. I suspect it gets funnier the older you get.For the past couple of weeks there’s been something about the Bertha blog that’s not quite right. Not for anyone… Read More
2005-09-06 18:43
It may be a crowd shot to you, but I was photographing the chicks.Note the one smiling back in the centre Read More
2005-09-06 18:30
The Tim Buckley Band The Sensational Alex Harvey Van Morrison The Mahavishnu Orchestra The Doobie Brothers The Allman Brothers Band Read More
2005-09-06 18:23
Paul and Mark A Gumby Men in Hats Flash And Flash Again Andy Cool Pat Jesus A Man in Need Penny Libby Stuie Yaya The Crowd And Libby. Again Read More
2005-08-08 17:43
No-one has any recollection of what happened next, but this is my best guess.We went to the Vondelpark for a bit. Highly likely, since it’s just round the corner from where the brewery… Read More
2005-07-30 17:55
I worked in a brewery once. I’ve liked the smell of breweries ever since. Even though Rayments of Furneaux Pelham were on the verge of sacking me 24 hours before I (ahem) resigned.It w… Read More
2005-06-30 12:06
Things you could do in Amsterdam in 1974:1/ Sleep in the Vondel Park, in the company of like-minded travellersThe Park Hard to imagine this happening today. In 1972, out of the goodness of t… Read More
2005-06-26 17:51
It’s a precarious form of writing, this blogging. Nowhere to hide, no pause for breath. That’s presumably its appeal: the unedited emotional nakedness. Weblogs fanatics frown on… Read More
2005-06-24 16:13
By the time we got to Sawbridgeworth, we’d already broken the trawling record.We had to go via Sawbridgeworth because the (afore-mentioned) M11 had yet to be built. In fact it’s… Read More
2005-06-09 07:38
And here the journey pauses. Even more than it has already. Your correspondent will be unable to blog for a ten day period, for reasons explained over on markgamon.blog.I hope you can bear w… Read More
2005-05-22 20:14
27th July, 1974: the great adventure begins.We met round the back of 123 Hadham Road, and doubtless spent much of the morning on last minute preparations. The photographs below show Stuie an… Read More
2005-05-18 17:29
Allow me to recap (now we’ve got all the fun in the sun out of the way)…On the Bus:- Yaya- Mark G- Mark F- Stuie- Paul- Pat (hitching a ride)Possibles:- Libby- Andy- SimonAvaila… Read More
2005-05-15 12:16
The Allman Brothers played for many hours.And so would anyone. You’re an Allman Brother, playing at the height of your powers. Why would you want to stop?They did, of course. And those… Read More
2005-05-08 17:28
This post has taken a little while to arrive. There are three reasons for the delay:1/ I’ve been waiting for Pat, who rashly let it be known a few days ago that he had some pictures of… Read More
2005-05-04 08:42
Mr Buckley at Knebworth 'Well he finally walked inAnd Lord that man filled up the doorway (whooooh)And he grabbed me by my throatAnd he bounced me down the stairs (ooo-ooo-ooo-ooooh)And Lord… Read More
2005-05-04 07:51
Here we have to leave Bertha for a bit. She’s over there in the field, parked neatly under a line of trees, safely out of the sun and doubtless receiving admiring glances from the stre… Read More
2005-05-01 16:14
‘By the time we got to KnebworthWe were half a million strongOom gneeaow da chunga thrumOoom gneeaow da chunga chungthrum…’(Connoisseurs will immediately recognise the sup… Read More
2005-04-30 08:33
Why am I doing this?Because memory is random. I’ve got snippets in my head, you’ve got snippets in yours. They’re not the same.Because sometimes I get so frustrated by the… Read More
2005-04-28 20:49
Sometime in late June or early July I was relieved of my duties in the best job I ever had, working the night shift in the Car Park at Stansted Airport.I can only assume some regular member… Read More
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