The Diary of a Stokie
Posts tagged with travel
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Burslem Bottle Kilns, Stoke-On-Trent, March 2017
The area was fenced off, derelict and forgotten like a lot of the city. A gap in the fence was convenient… There was a small sleeping area made by the homeless community and a shrine to Lemmy Kilmeister inside one of the bottle kilns. A shadow of what our city…
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Strays - Dalyan, Turkey, August 2015
In Dalyan animals roam the streets and back roads freely. The numbers are overwhelming for the local communities and council to contend with; they breed quickly and in their many. Stray cats often give birth in the streets or even in the cafe’s right next to tourists and the dogs…
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A Hike Through the Dalyan Mountains, May 2019
We booked a hike through the surrounding mountainous area around Dalyan. The weather was unbelievably hot; clear skies, bright sunshine, but with plenty of shade. Nevertheless, water was vital. The guide stated that this particular route was ‘medium’ in difficulty…there were parts where a literal leap across a fatal fall…
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Turkey, May 2019: A voiceless farmer
I went for a bike ride around agricultural Dalyan. The sun was blazing and my white British self needed to rehydrate. I stopped at this make shift cafe’ the owner had constructed in his garden. The tomatoes were so utterly soaked in sunshine they were enormous in size. The farmer…
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Birmingham, May 12th 2024.
Sometimes they are still worth sharing - even if a little less than what was entirely there. A quick walk around sun soaked Birmingham exploring the relationship between man and architecture. I’ve always admired the playful nature of man’s interaction with manmade landscapes…