The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Travel

  • #socs #somethingenjoyed something different to your usual journey with rail over road bag filled with makings of a sandwich based luncheon for the destination and wheels roll quickly passing village and town sometimes station stop

  • And it rained

    #wdys #travel looking out of a terminal window watching the raindrops hitting the glass drops in a race towards the iron drain while those hanging round watched them pass your carriage to the place thats new sat at the boarding gate with its sign of blue but the captain’s decided the weather is fowl so…

  • Headin’ west on the old express

    #train #manchester #chester packing a bag for a day out where i’m off to see a diva of a city travelling by wheels of steel following the rail to destination about to the roman town a lot less gritty taking in another museums things the engine so quick it doesn’t seem real but this flight…

  • Canadian dreams

    Crafted rugged hill side and forests as far as the eye can see nova scotia is a flight away adventures among the valleys mean no thoughts of due south, meaning a wonderful time among the lakes and surrounding nature

  • Room with a view

    #WDYS summer vacation brings a change of a viewpoint from normal city sights

  • Steam Train

    #Transport #Steam #Vintage No Exhibit piece Rolling down steel lines it moves Station to station Steam clouds signalling to the platform observers its ready to move Giving animals on local fields a friendly toot as it passes by Obsolete stations given a new lease of life by the steam express As passengers have a wonderful…

  • Thoughts of Summer II – Escape

    #simply6minutes With Christmas over The maidens wanted away from the ice and snow They travelled by plane nearer the equator line white sand and blue skies Temperature high as the plane door opened up to a wall of heat Bags left in hotel changed into beach swimming gear into waters blue water cool but not…

  • Heading for the Border

    The Bags packed The Car prepared The House locked up till we return The Journey began Rolling through meadow and dale occasionally stopping so the driver and navigator could take a break Taking in blue skies and local wildlife Till we past into areas new Manchester and Salford passed into distance as Melrose and Edinburgh…

  • Over the Bridge

    #octpowrimo The path of water is a little bit larger than your average puddle That’s why the vans with the bricks and the steel turned up at the weekend and while you had to go a different way than usual something bright and shiny was being built soon you can get from point a to…

  • travel trouble

    #WDYS The luggage lay lonesome while an irate father had a luminated conversation with the transit company Five laden cases full of clothing toys and teddybears forlorn outside their old address forgotten by the man with the van and sent to pick them up ? Someone on a cycle Solution to the problem not two…