Puppet Aid

Let's be honest: this site is 90% a source of my own amusement and 10% an alternative to finding a post office while travelling.

While other travel bloggers swarm across Europe and flood the Interwebs with Instagram filters and inspirational hashtags (#blessed #wanderlust), I just potter about with a woolly stowaway who insists on front-row seats in the dining car and refuses to stay in my pocket when we pass through tunnels.

If you enjoy seeing a tiny Peruvian finger puppet photo-bomb some of Europe’s most majestic rail journeys, this is where you can help keep the madness on track.

Your support ensures that Puppet continues living this lavish, ridiculous lifestyle – sipping lukewarm coffee in a dining car, or gazing mournfully at other people's sandwiches on a TGV – while I deploy the train slippers and lick the windows like an excited spaniel.

Here are some ways you can help a tiny Peruvian finger puppet continue in its noble mission of photo-bombing some of Europe’s most majestic train journeys.

Share the madness

Sharing costs nothing and is generally appreciated, so if there's something you like, fling the link at the internet wherever you spend your online life and see if it sticks. Or even just tell a human about it, if you encounter one.

If you're on a train, it's probably best not to tell the person sitting next to you, unless they look as if they could do with some puppet action.

All aboard

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Buy me a drink. Or a ticket. Or something.

If the puppet’s antics have brightened your day, or if you just want to fuel more train-based chaos, please consider buying me a drink. Then, please seek help.

• €1 could buy a puppet a tiny, imaginary cocktail on the train.
• €5 helps cover web hosting so the blog doesn’t vanish into the digital void.
• €10+ might just turn a couchette compartment into a full-blown puppet paradise.

Every little bit keeps this delusional Peruvian stowaway rolling through Europe, one gloriously sabotaged photo at a time.

So please – think of the puppet, and give what you can.

Use the button below to send shiny coins, or send your imaginary money (BTC) to bc1qww22jdptpf9z44wnjqxsw3z3kyg3m7456e8alv