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‘In the beginning there was work and work was God. After 35 years in the business, the endless predictability made me question the Faith.’

I wrote that on the 8th October 2010. It was the opening words to my debut post on a brand new blog about a couple of silly, cynical old queens who decided to jump the good ship Blighty and wade ashore to Asia Minor for a bit of fun in the sun. For a minority report, the blog’s done rather well. Now there’s a book. That’s done rather well too. Both of these things crept up behind us without hint or herald. We should have listened to the early advice of our playground peers and kept our backs to the wall. Too late now. More...

A couple of days ago Perking the Pansies, the blog, exceeded 200,000 page hits. The success of the blog led directly to Perking the Pansies, the book, and is still firing ahead. 200,000 may be small fry to the big fish in the online travel world but this little sprat is thrilled. Thank you!