I was born in Year Zero. To be absolutely precise, I was born a few months…
Category: Deep Dives
The other parts of the website are mainly geographic or practical. In this section I go into deep dives about place, history, and culture.
This is where you’ll find my longer posts. Some of them are personal to me, and show my thoughts about certain aspects of travel. Other posts go into deep dives about a political aspect of somewhere – often to do with darker moments in history. There are also some posts here that defy categorisation, as they cover concepts that are incredibly wide or fundamental in scope.
You can read how I cope with the fear of failure, social anxiety, and losing control when I travel. I also talk candidly about how it feels to travel the way I do, with regards age and finances. You’ll also find here overviews on war, famine, pestilence, death, and beer.
Podcast #035: Toxic Masculinity and Gender Pride
Welcome to Episode 35 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This episode is…
Barefoot Backpacker’s Guide To Pride Flags
The problem with Pride Flags, I realised this week, is that apart from the blindingly obvious…
A Trip on the Indian Pacific Railway
Indian Pacific – a name, like ‘Orient Express’ (but possibly not ‘Woodhead’) which evokes a nostalgia…
Podcast #032: Asexual Awareness
Welcome to Episode 32 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. I am aware…
Asexuality and Kink
The combination of asexuality and kink isn’t one I suspect many people realise exists, given there’s…
Being Aromantic
I’ve spoken a lot about asexuality, but there’s another word I’ve frequently used – aromantic. Clearly…
Where Are All The Older Asexuals?
One of the issues often touted online about asexuality is around its demographics, specifically with regard…
Asexuality, and Travel as an Asexual
As you know, I am “The Barefoot Backpacker“, and I travel around the world. As you…
Asexuality and Asexual Pride
I’m often to be found wearing or displaying aspects of Asexual Pride, to demonstrate my identity…
Asexuality Overview & My Experiences
I kind of realised my asexuality by accident. See, I go through life thinking “Well I…
A Guide to Transport in the Outer Hebrides
Transport in the Outer Hebrides is probably easier than you might imagine. It’s certainly more interesting.…