Category Archives: Vagabond

Tales of travel and explorations – usually aimless (the travels mostly, not so much the tales)

Of Taxes, Tobacco and “Them There Norwegian Ships”

I was approved by Canadian Immigration to emigrate to Canada in late 1968. But I had to find a way to get to there. I also had a large tax bill to pay. Britain’s tax authority had discovered that I … Continue reading

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Why O Canada?

In 1965 and 1966, while in the 6th Form, I studied North America as the specialty for my “A” level GCE in Geography. I had no choice: our teacher, “Jessie” Whitehead, was passionate about North America, particularly Canada. She had … Continue reading

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