I am just back from a trip to the hot and humid Conch Republic – The Keys and Key West – in Florida. Quite a place with plenty of tales of shipwrecks, smuggling and man’s attempts to fight the forces of nature.

Some forces can’t be battled though – including Robert the Doll…

Ghosts and Gravestones tour in Key West, Florida

It stops at the East Martello Museum

Home of an elegant funeral hearse

And perhaps one of Key West’s most famous residents….

Robert!

Be polite and ask permission to take photos – and say goodbye too. It’s very bad luck otherwise…