Summer..

is going to involve this, all being well and there being no drastic political developments. Despite the news this morning that Bradt has republished the travel guide to Iraq, it will not involve the continuation of the Taurus railway on to Baghdad and/or Tehran. Maybe another year. Still trying to work out if coming home via Greece is remotely sensible. Probably not since I can't find any detailed information about whether the Latakia-Piraeus ferry is happening at the moment.

For the first time since about 1991, I didn't even attempt to make summer involve sitting in a muddy field in Somerset. Heigh ho. Last year was too grim and I'd rather quit while most of my memories are happy ones.