Official Bio
Having written for fun while serving in the Royal Air Force, Keith Kellett developed his hobby into a business when he retired. He has published in many print magazines, and on the Web.
With time on his hands, he produced more work, and found, to his surprise, it ‘grew and grew’ and was good enough to finance his other hobbies; travelling, photography and computers. He is trying hard to prevent it from becoming a full-time job!
He lives near Salisbury, in the south of England, and is presently trying to get his head around blogging, podcasting and video.
Unofficial Bio:
What else is there to say? I like travelling, writing about it, and taking images, still and video … and like sharing them. I like talking about it, too, and, as soon as I’ve worked out a way to incorporate my sound files into the blog, you’ll be hearing from me! (I’m getting there! At the moment, I can put in links to my sound files … I’ll learn how to embed soon)
Whether you’re a real or virtual traveller, I hope you like what you see here; to quote the old adage, if you like what you see, tell your friends; if you don’t, tell me!
Stay well!
Keith (Travelrat)
If you want to find out more about me than perhaps you really wanted to know, check out my interview at http://blog.vtravelled.com/meet-a-vtraveller-keith-kellett/
Hi Keith,
Love the blog and the postr about the brichure collecting, be there still got the sore back.
Would it be possible for us to include your rss in our new travel bookmarking site http://www.traveldigger.co.uk, we like to ask before adding.
Best Regards
Colin
By: boydie on November 14, 2007
at 3:07 pm
Sure, Boydie!
As they say, no publicity is bad publicity!
Best,
Keith
By: travelrat on November 14, 2007
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Hi Keith,
Wasn’t sure where to ask you this! Have just read your new bit about the legal stuff—so, I’m curious, did you have a problem with that? ie with someone taking something of yours?
Vivienne
By: viviennemackie on February 21, 2008
at 7:27 pm
Hi, Keith. Do you have an email to write to, I want to ask for permission to post a photo. Otherwise, I could put the question into a comment here.
Thanks for information,
i-Spring
Cambridge, Massachusettts
By: ispring on February 21, 2008
at 10:06 pm
Vivienne: I didn’t, but someone I know did … just lifted an article, pasted it into a blog and put it under his own name! My friend complained to the blog’s operator … that blog is now ‘no more’
ispring: keith-kellett@tinyworld.co.uk
By: travelrat on February 21, 2008
at 10:23 pm
Hi Keith,
A quick thanks for linking to both my blogs—I must be mad in the head to do that! We’ll see how it goes.
Viv
By: viviennemackie on March 18, 2008
at 11:57 pm
Was reading your comments on TravelWriter – do you really think Stonehenge should be in a Bottom 10 List?
http://traveller.uncommontraveller.com/2008/06/20/stonehenge-no-really.aspx
By: travellersu on July 2, 2008
at 8:56 pm
Yes, I do!
I think it’s an over-exploited mess, and certainly not what a World Heritage Site deserves. Perhaps if the Stonehenge Plan had gone ahead, it might once more had a more appropriate surrounding, but as it is now, I fear it falls well short of some people’s expectations.
By: travelrat on July 2, 2008
at 9:19 pm
Well, congratulations for your virtual presence, you have done a very good job. I would be delighted to receive your comments.
Here is the link for the file uploaded:
https://www.yousendit.com/download/Q01FblRqSEIwZ214dnc9PQ
Ing.Lawrence Saliba
http://www.cultel.com
lawrence_saliba@yahoo.com
By: lawrencesaliba on August 8, 2008
at 9:30 am
Lawrence:
I was in Malta with the RAF in 1972, but only know it slightly.
I’ve only had time for a quick glance through your ebook, and I am impressed! I will have a deeper read later, when I’ve taken care of some business & I’ll email some comments and suggestions for you.
Best,
Keith
By: travelrat on August 8, 2008
at 11:48 am
Hi there, Keith! Do you remember last May, you asked me to get a photo of the Captain Cook Monument on Hawaii’s Big Island? And that I couldn’t get it for you, but I sent instead a comically disastrous photo of me with volcanic smoke appearing to billow out from my ear?
Well…I’m happy to say that I just returned from Hawaii, and this time I made certain to get a couple of lovely shots of that monument. Would you like me to send them on, or has their moment passed?
From,
Mudslide Mama at TravelingMamas dot com
By: TravelingMamas on December 29, 2008
at 9:34 pm
I emailed you about it. Did you get it?
Best wishes for 2009!
K.
By: travelrat on December 30, 2008
at 6:37 pm
I love your site. Keep it up !
By: knowledgetoday on March 30, 2009
at 4:31 pm
Hi Keith – Thanks for your comments on my blog on Europe/US Differences in Driving.
Best Regards,
Amit
By: Amit Paranjape on September 27, 2009
at 11:36 am
Were you in Austria in this photo? I swear I recognize the mountain range.
By: Pammy Girl on December 25, 2009
at 9:34 pm
No, in France. That’s the Aravis range, in the French Alps
By: travelrat on December 26, 2009
at 8:23 am
Hi Keith,
It is always a pleasure reading your posts. also at giftedtravel where I write too…
I was just looking for a place to contact you and a mail id..but couldn’t so thought of writing here. I admire the way your posts have the personal touch and still a wealth of information. So much to learn as a writer…thanks.
By: Atula on January 11, 2010
at 4:36 am
Namaste, Atula!
Email coming your way.
Keith
By: travelrat on January 11, 2010
at 8:55 am
hi Keith..
Your blog seems to be very lively, I really enjoyed reading or should I say watching your last blog post about “french house party”. It seems that a lot of people were having a lot of fun over there!
by the way, I’m offering link exchange from my client’s website speedypin.com, I can place your link over our travel and vacation page (see here: http://speedypin.com/phone/card/travel.html) if you can place our site on your travel resource link.
I’ll be keeping an eye for your email so that we can discuss more about this..
thanks in advance!
Angel
ab_speedypin@mail.com
By: Angel on January 14, 2010
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Sub: Blog Partnership Request!
Hello Keith,
My name is Eashwar and I work for ExpedientInfoMedia.com, a blog Network with 24+ growing blogs.
I have enjoyed reading your blog travelrat.wordpress.com and thought of dropping in a word.
I have initiated an idea to create a blog roll in our blog http://www.thetravelerszone.com. As both the blogs deal similar topics, it would greatly benefit the visitors; if we could link to each other.
All you need to do is, add our blog to your blog roll and we will do the same.
Do let me know if you have any other ideas to cross-promote our blog’s content; like guest posting, feature promotions etc.
I look forward to working with you for a mutual partnership.
Regards,
Eashwar.K
Channel Editor, Expedient Info Media
http://www.expedientinfomedia.com
By: Eashwar on March 18, 2010
at 5:23 am
Hi, nice to meet you !
By: ReadersHeaven on September 21, 2010
at 4:44 am
Hi Keith.
I doubt we are related. I was in a tour bus travelling thru Codford and I recognized the Rising Sun carved into the hill. The bus driver did not know it even existed. Whilst reading a book on the WW1 AIF it confirmed what I had seen.
By: john kellett on October 5, 2010
at 11:44 am
Hi, John!
I thought my father had commented here at first … although he is getting on a bit, and doesn’t do computers.
Codford isn’t one of the most popular tour-coach stops; I don’t think there’s many places to park, and few, if any, facilities. People wishing to visit usually drive themselves there, or use the Salisbury-Warminster bus, which calls at Codford hourly.
However, in addition to the ANZAC badge, there’s also an ANZAC military cemetery here, and I’m surprised the courier didn’t know about them, especially as many Australians and New Zealanders choose the coach-tour as a way of seeing as much of Britain and Europe as possible.
By: travelrat on October 5, 2010
at 2:23 pm
Sorry I am also on the seniors team and did not realiize I should have stuck to the “about me” page. The book I got the information from is a history of the conduct of our troops whilst in the back lines and on leave and I must say (if true) you guys would have seen us in an unwelcoming light.
By: john kellett on October 7, 2010
at 12:23 pm
Hi there,
I was wondering if you have any advertising options available? Let me know if this is a possibility and I would be happy to share details.
Thank you,
Christina
By: Christina Johnson on June 1, 2011
at 3:02 pm
Hi, Christina!
I’m not allowed to accept advertising in the accepted sense of the word, but I do post about sponsored trips and visits I’ve undertaken, usually for other pubs as well; see http://travelrat.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/the-view-from-the-top-nearly/ for an example.
However, I do insist on freedom to say what I like, and always disclose that the trip was sponsored.
By: travelrat on June 2, 2011
at 6:27 am
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By: Travel to Whiltshire in England – Episode 284 | The Amateur … – Travel on June 13, 2011
at 7:58 am
Greetings from Australia. You helped me with my university assignment. Thank so much.
By: Aussie Geek Girl on September 27, 2011
at 9:36 pm
Hi Keith — Lovely blog! I look forward to stopping by here now and then! And thanks for your comment at One Man’s Wonder!!
By: onemanswonder on December 16, 2011
at 8:22 pm
Hi, Jeffrey! Thank you, and thanks for stopping by!
I’ve visited your blog two or three times now, and greatly admire the thoughts inspired by everyday stuff most people take for granted.
There’s a link going up on my blogroll as soon as I’ve finished here.
Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year,
Keith
By: travelrat on December 17, 2011
at 9:12 am
Thanks, Keith. I’m really tickled to be on your blogroll! Just one thing: would you mind changing it from One Man’s View to One Man’s Wonder? Thanks!
(You sound like the kind of guy I’d like to end up sitting next to on an airplane — and vicariously enjoying all the places you’ve been!)
By: onemanswonder on December 17, 2011
at 5:40 pm
Done!
Sorry, slip of the keyboard!
By: travelrat on December 17, 2011
at 8:08 pm
Hi Keith, I read your article about “The Way of St. James” and liked it a lot. I am a mollusks researcher am presently writing a paper of the cockle-shell. I would like to use your beautiful photo of the Pilgrim statue in Carrion de los Condes to be printed in my paper, of course quoting its authorship; my paper should be published in the Newsletter of the Italian Society of Malacology. Do you have a better resolution photo of the statue for me?
I would be grateful.
Best regards,
Giambattista Bello from Mola di Bari, Italy
By: Giambattista Bello on February 9, 2012
at 4:36 pm
Hi Keith,
I am one of your followers on Twitter and would like to put one of your stories on our site. http://www.holidaydestinationsaroundtheworld.com
We are based in The Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
If you agree to this we would link this to your site and if you would like to continue to send us stories we would profile you as one of our travel writers. http://holidaydestinationsaroundtheworld.com/customPages/travel-writers?subSiteId=1
I see this as a win win situation and a great way to promote your website to a different audience throughout the world.
Please let me know your thoughts on this.
Regards
Vi
By: Vi Hughes on February 26, 2012
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