Mount Hermon Via the Road Less Travelled
Mount Hermon, snow covered for several months of the year, is in the contested region between Syria and Israel. Read Allan's soldier's story of how he came to climb it.
I am a former Army officer and logistics specialist. In retirement I write articles and books ranging across military and naval history, biography and anthropology, which I publish through various association newsletters and websites and on Amazon. I live in Sydney.
Orkney Islands and the Mysterious Ring of Brodgar
What began as a day trip to trace a wartime family link in Scapa Flow turned into a journey through deep time — to Orkney’s Ring of Brodgar, where Neolithic mystery meets rugged Scottish beauty.
Nuclear Fish’n in the Central Pacific
Allan and his friends travelled to the central Pacific, to fish on an island where nuclear weapons were tested 70 years ago.
A Quick Look at Hadrian’s Wall
Visit the wall that marked the northern frontier of the Roman Empire.