There is hope! (sunrise run on Ben Vane, West Loch Lomond, Scotland. 9 Dec 2017) Shortly will be the first anniversary of this blog. It seems appropriate to share how it's gone as well as my aspirations and thinking behind writing about life, faith and running. I started with not much of a plan, just …
Category: travel
Japan – Anyone for English?
Lake Nojiri, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. A popular resort area. For almost 2 years from 1992-94 my wife Elisabeth and I lived in the city of Nagano, Japan. We were there working for an international Christian organisation. Both of us had visited Japan previously for shorter visits and had enjoyed getting to know its people and …
Nothing to Lose
Captain Scott, at rest after day's adventure. ** The spring /summer of 1973 was for me a transition period between finishing school and starting studies at Glasgow university. With time on my hands I applied for and was fortunate to get a 26 day scholarship to join the adventure sail training vessel 'Captain Scott'. Purpose …
A Tale of Riches to Rags
Satellite map of Nauru For a couple of months towards the end of 1979 I was priviledged to visit a number of islands in the South Pacific. They were not tourist or luxury liner visits. Most of the time I stayed with locals. My work was representing the ship MV Logos and making advance preparations …
East or West?
A few of Stockholm's 30,000 islands! My wife is Swedish and for almost 40 years I have been travelling to and from Sweden. Sometimes several times a year and occasionally a year or two with no visits. Short period stays for a few weeks up to one period where we lived and worked in the …
Allan Grant 