That’s me, with some mildly perplexed ladies in Marrakech
Hello, hola, ciao, bonjour, guten tag, marhaban, kon’nichiwa, aloha, and welcome to my pages of celebrity ligging, world travel and generic amazing adventures.
Here’s me getting innoculated against covid-19 – (thanks, Emma)
And so to begin, perhaps the first official picture of my adventures, taken in or near Phoenix, Arizona.
It’s a bit hard to tell, however those blue and red stripes on the bus at the back suggest it is probably a Greyhound bus…..
About the same time, (possibly even before), my pal Lin took me to Cape Town, South Africa- this time no question of where this was taken, for these two pictures (taken with her charge, she was a nanny at the time), clearly show Table Mountain behind us.
When I was still young and fluffy….
Many years later, I would re-visit Cape Town, this time, on board a posh private jet, (Bombadier Challenger 601b if you need to know) – these jets boast among the largest windshields in the world of private aviation- I should know, because this is approaching the cape from the North- Table Mountain sits directly under that fluffy white cloud…
However, I don’t just like to travel. I like to meet people, too.
And get a souvenir selfie, (once just called ‘a photograph’ , or, a ‘snap’) – if I can – here’s me doing long-haul with a mystery man on a 747- get in touch if this is you…
But you might well recognise some of these…
He tried to eat me (joking, of course-he’s vegetarian)
With Sting, taken at his big house in Wiltshire.
Iggy Pop, such a gentleman. This is in San Jose, Ibiza
Here’s a clue who’s up next- this graffiti is on the wall outside
– so this would be Sir George Martin, producer, sound engineer for the Beatles, (among others) This picture was taken at EMI Abbey road…
Richard Briers, backstage at the Almeida theatre, Islington, London N1
With Alan Whicker, this picture was taken in the vast lobby of the Sultan of Brunei’s palace, Bandar Seri Begawan – here’s a snap of there main hall inside the palace…
while I was there, I took a ride in a Brunei Air Force Huey, like you do…. 
We flew right over Bandar Seri Begawan, and the Kampong Ayer, (‘water city’) as many folk choose to live traditionally…
I later got a pic right next to the Omar Ali Saiffuddien Mosque
Mmmmwah! with Kasey Randall in Ibiza
Dervla Kirwan and her hot water bottle. North Devon
Benedict Cumberbatch, Islington, London N1
Benny Hill – taken in his hometown of Southampton
This is Lydia, burlesque dancer AKA Miss Giddy Heights, 2 minutes before she did a 1960’s-style fan-dance. The ostrich feather was all she was wearing. Soho, London W1
Fashion designer Dame Zandra Rhodes, in her bedroom, or should that be boudoir? Bayswater, London W2
Here’s more travel pictures. No prizes for this one….
or this one….
Weeeeee! Here we go over the beautiful Oresund Bridge, from Sweden into Denmark, or Denmark into Sweden, depends which way you’re going
Here’s how it looks from way above…
Hoover Dam, Nevada
…taken on my way to Las Vegas, baby…
– and if you keep going, you get to the ocean. Pacific Palisades
Dame Barbara Cartland, Camfield Place, Hertfordshire, where Beatrix Potter once played in the gardens. She had a black labrador that liked cake.
The illustrious Dame Floella Benjamin. She wasn’t a dame at the time, though.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Barnes, SW London. It would seem I only take selfies with dames…
Eartha Kitt, Wandsworth, London SW8 – not a dame but she ought to be
Dame Joan Collins DBE. Hard to tell, but we’re in Sun City, South Africa, attending the grand opening of the ‘Lost City at Sun City’ resort. Here’s a view from one of the pools…
and met Brigitte Nielsen beside the pool- she stuffed me down her top but quickly changed her mind, too late for a picture.
There were also 83 Miss World contestants…
with my favourite, Leonora Dibueno, Miss Uruguay (sorry about the fuzzy picture)
She came 12th, but she will always be # 1 for me…
Name the city. And can you spot me???
OK – never mind the Luxor, in Vegas- this is the real deal. Giza, Egypt
say ‘cheeeese’- this happy-looking fellow (and his happy-looking camel) posed for a picture
and with the Great Pyramid itself.
Snuggling up with Stephanie Leonidas…
Denholm Elliott, Oslo, Norway
Stephen Fry, London W1
Malcolm McLaren, Paddington W2
Ian Charleson, Amsterdam, Netherlands – and below, also in Amsterdam, Vermeer’s ‘The Milkmaid’, in the Rijksmuseum.
Sir Nigel Hawthorne, this was taken in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
Jack Warden, near Clifden, Connemara, Ireland – if you go north from here, you’ll eventually get to…
– the Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
Michael Maloney, looking west, and into the future
easy, easy -being levitated by magician Peter Marvey – Zurich, Switzerland
Sir Anthony Quale, Wiltshire
Here’s me swanning around Beverly Hills in a Pontiac Firebird
At the same time, the town of Coalinga was struck by a 6.2Mw earthquake
some folk took it well- that sign reads ‘for rent – 2 rooms, unobstructed mountain views – inquire within’
At the amazing Walt Disney Symphony Hall, Los Angeles
The Bradbury Building, 304 S Broadway, CA 90013- AKA J.F. Sebastian’s apartment building in the movie “Blade Runner”
Jane Curtin, in an English garden, Wiltshire
Alexanderplatz, Berlin – You can go up that TV tower…
So I did. And not far from there, Checkpoint Charlie.
to be continued….
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Tiddles would like to express grateful thanks to all those who have taken it upon themselves to obtain many of the pictures shown here, near and far, and too numerous to mention. And to the celebrities who consented to picture with him too- you are entitled to a free badge/button at no charge..
Surely no actor/musician/president’s career is complete, without a selfie with Tiddles? Just send your jet!
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