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Manx Newscast: Manxman's travels through Covid-19 pandemic inspires new book
19th March 2025 • Manx Newscast • Radio Manx Ltd
00:00:00 00:29:11

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A Manx resident who travelled the world through some of the Coronavirus pandemic has published a new book detailing some of his adventures.

Derek Allen, and his wife Claire, were travelling near Germany in 2020 when Covid-19 struck and countries began getting ‘blacklisted’.

They returned to the Island but left again for Europe, in their campervan, when things began to open up the following year.

Derek told Manx Radio their experience – and a chance encounter with a kitten called ‘Vangelis’ – has inspired his writing:

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