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Grizzled Old Traveler

http://grizzledoldtraveler.blogspot.com/

Sean McLachlan is a freelance writer specializing in history and travel. He has never gotten over an obsession with independent travel despite being 38 and a father, nor does he intend to. He blogs about being on the road for almost twenty years, reminisces about backpacking before the days of cybercafes, and gives travel tips to his favorite destinations.

• Added on: Mar 4th, 2008
• Country: Spain
• Language: English

• Author: Sean McLachlan
• Listed in: Travel Non-Fiction
• Tags: travel London Backpacking writing independent thirty-something

Recent Posts

• The oldest book I ever held

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 10:22 in books, reading, writing, history, missouri, guns, incunabula, rare books, incunabulum, black powder, arquebus

  I just got back from five weeks of research in Missouri, where I was working on a couple of articles and my next Civil War book. I also did some research for Handgonnes: The First Black Powder Infantry Weapons, a book I'm doing for for Osprey Publish...

• My wife is the Spanish Carl Sagan

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 13:35 in spain, astronomy, About Me

  My wife, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, is featured in a series of online programs about Spanish astronomy.Almudena talks about the formation and evolution of galaxies. She's very photogenic and does a great job! You can see the videos here. They're in Spa...

• Missing Oxford

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 11:32 in travel, europe, writing, England, britain, About Me, oxford

  I left Oxford a couple of weeks ago and now I'm in Missouri researching my next Civil War book. I'm also doing a bit of fiction, as usual, including my novel-in-progress that's set partially in, you guessed it, Oxford. Write what you know and all tha...

• Ben Indick (1923-2009)

  Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 in science fiction, fandom, zines, small press

  I just learned from fellow writer S.T. Joshi that an old correspondent of mine, Ben Indick, has died aged 86. Ben and I had a regular correspondence reaching back almost fifteen years. I first met him back in my zine days, when he and I used to trade...

• What have I been doing?

  Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 17:26 in travel, hiking, blogging, blogs, europe, writing, England, history, missouri, archaeology, cryptozoology, About Me

  OK, so I spend six months in Oxford and I barely blog about it. Sorry folks, but I got a bit distracted by the real ales, beautiful countryside, and watching my kid become bilingual.I did get a fair amount done, however, and most of my experiences en...

• The Oxford Ghost

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 02:14 in europe, England, britain, About Me, oxford

  In case you haven't noticed, this blog has been a bit sporadic lately. There's two reasons for this—my paid blogging gig at Gadling takes a lot of my online time and I've been in Oxford for the past six months. What does being in Oxford have to do ...

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Melisende

Enjoyable journey without leaving the comforts of home!

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