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CORFU, 1999. (I believe it's still there.)

PAUL'S THOUGHT: HOMOSEXUALS JUST
SEEM TO BE HAVING MORE FUN THAN YOU.

I had a lovely couple of weeks on Corfu, exploring the mountains and smashing my feet to a pulp on rocks whilst swimming, silly me. The pictures above were taken by me on the slopes of the islands highest mountain, Pantokrator (a.k.a. Panty-Crater). Judith and I wandered through the abandoned village of Paleo Xorio which was very eerie yet cool. Oh yes, and we got there on the roughest of rough tracks in this Suzuki Jeep.

PAUL'S THOUGHT: DON'T MOON A NUN,
UNLESS YOU HAVE A REAL GOOD REASON

On our last evening on the island we were treated to a stunningly beautiful sunset, the best I think I've even witnessed. Judith snapped away with her APS camera, and I've been busy with my scanner ever since.

PAUL'S THOUGHT: DR HOOK IS NOT A REAL DOCTOR.
HE MADE A MESS OF MY IN-GROWING TOENAILS.

Left: This is Judith catching a few rays while I played Captain. We hired a fine 12hp craft in Sidari (a nice little town on the north coast) and headed out to sea for a couple of hours of aquatic fun. Right: I spent most on the time sitting at the helm, developing what sailors calls 'Sea-Buttocks' rather than 'Sea-legs'. I did let Judith have a go though. I'm kind like that.

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WALES, 2000.

I didn't get away anywhere too exotic this year, but I did enjoy a very nice week in a cottage in South Wales.

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MAJORCA, 2001. (Again, I think it's still available to be visited.)

PAUL'S THOUGHT: NEVER SAY "YOU'VE MISTAKEN ME FOR SOMEONE
WHO GIVES A RATS ARSE ABOUT YOUR OPINIONS" TO YOUR BOSS.
THEY WON'T THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRANKNESS.

The joy of high-altitude photography. We'd climbed well over a thousand feet up the side of a mountain, in baking temperatures... Sorry, I had a drama-moment there. Forgive me. This is the donkey track leading to the Castillo de Alaro, near the islands west coast. And it was beautiful. A note for keen walkers: If you've visiting 'abroad', take a Landscape of X book with you, published by Sunflower Books of London. They're flipping great for discovering out-of-the-way places from Madeira to Malta, and the scan above, right, was taken from the Mallorca one. (ISBN 1-85691-103-9)

PAUL'S THOUGHT: IF SOMEONE CALLS YOU ARGUMENTATIVE,
TELL THEM THEY ARE WRONG.

Left: All along the watch tower... This fine structure is on the northeast coast of the island, not far from Cala Mesquida. We went walking this day (it has become known as sausage day for reasons I'm not prepared to go into here) and my feet got sunburnt. I have never wanted to get into an air-conditioned car as much as I wanted to towards the end of this day!

Right: Feeling Cross. High above a Majorcan plain, the monastery of Santuario de San Salvador crouches on a hilltop behind this giant concrete cross. It was a very pretty setting. A path which Judith and I never found the start of runs from here to the Castillo de Santureri (as pictured below) and there is a very nice statue of Christ to admire too.

PAUL'S THOUGHT: NEVER BE AFRAID TO CHANGE YOUR MIND.

The Castillo de Santureri surrounds the top of a truncated mountain and as you see, Judith was in charge of getting us there. I'd not been able to find my Drivers Licence so it fell to her to pilot us about the island, and she hardly hit anything! Places to visit: The Castillo de Santureri and Santuario de San Salvador (both near Felanitx and seen above) are lovely. But the best place is the La Colobra on the west coast. This is partly because of the spectacular road you need to negotiate to reach it, but mostly because of the wonderful canyon there. Get a guide book (see the note above) and explore the stunning Torrente de Pareis gorge, pictured below. We also saw some pigs, and they're just down there too.

PAUL'S THOUGHT: WHEN THE MOON IS BRIGHT, PEOPLE ARE NOT.

PAUL'S THOUGHT: PAUL SMITH: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MISERY.

And now, the end was near. And so we faced the final... wait for the bus back to the airport. Rather than beam at the camera in usual empty-headed holiday way, we decided to look grumpy. Note the teddy bears, the simply unspeakable art on the wall and the fact I seem to look more sultry (I'm told) than grumpy. No wonder I always seem to pull when I'm in a crappy mood.

Note: Forget what I said about changing your mind.

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