Inspiring Travel Writing from Anthony Toole: Page 3 of 3
Articles by Anthony Toole: Page 3 of 3
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Singapore Stop-over
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Anthony Toole
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Singapore City
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Singapore Island
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Singapore City
The first thing you notice is the heat, which hits you like a breath from an oven. Even the double-glazed window of the hotel bedroom was warm to the touch. We had arrived in Singapore at 5.50 a.m. local time, after a 12-hour flight from Heathrow....
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The Largest Sand Castle in the World
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Anthony Toole
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Australia
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Queensland
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Fraser Island
Though the ferry crossing from the Queensland coast takes barely ten minutes, once you land, you know you are in remote territory. People have disappeared here, and accidents often lead to rescues on an epic scale. This is strictly 4WD country. An...
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Standing stones in a land of legend
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Anthony Toole
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Ireland
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Clare & Limerick
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Ballyvaughan
Locked between Galway Bay and the Shannon estuary, County Clare stands as one of the rocky West Coast buttresses, shielding the boggy central plains of Ireland from the ferocity of Atlantic storms. The most prominent bulwark consists of the Cliffs...
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On the trail of the Killarney copper mines
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Anthony Toole
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Ireland
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Southwest (Kerry & Cork)
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Killarney
The placid waters of Lough Leane and the quiet isolation of Ross Island, Killarney, seem far removed from the bustle of an industrial cauldron. Yet over several periods during the past 4000 years, the background hum of engines, the staccato crack of...
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Pier's Ghyll
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Anthony Toole
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United Kingdom
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Lake District
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Cumbrian fells
An inverted L-shaped slash down the eastern flank of Lingmell, Pier’s Ghyll is said to be the most impressive gully in the Lake District. An old climbing guide book recommended that it be “best climbed on a hot day, with a large, jolly party.” Yet I...
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Madeira - Above the Clouds in a T-shirt
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Anthony Toole
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Portugal
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Madeira Region
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Madeira
Our first attempt at Pico Ruivo, at 1862 metres, Madeira’s highest point, was snookered by a landslide. We had intended a short ascent from a car park at Achado do Teixeira, followed by a long downhill exploration of the laurel forest to Ilha....
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North of the Cheviot
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Anthony Toole
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United Kingdom
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Northumbria
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Newcastle
Until recently, I had not ventured into that quadrant of hills centred on the Cheviot and contained within the sweep from Harthope Burn to the Scottish border. I have visited the Cheviot’s boggy summit many times, but though I gazed across the hills...
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Pirate Island, Off The West Coast of Cork
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Anthony Toole
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Ireland
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Southwest (Kerry & Cork)
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County Cork
As we stepped onto the pier and turned to watch the boat chug away on its 10-minute journey back to Baltimore, I felt marooned. The feeling became more acute when I noticed that most of the dozen or so passengers who had accompanied us on the ferry...
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