Cruising

7 nights on Celebrity Edge from Seattle to Alaska. Was it all it was cracked up to be? Read on. Read more

Mount Rainier NP to Bainbridge Island

Road tripping the American way in a big old tank, taking in the best bits of Mount Rainier National Park and Bainbridge Island. Read more

Seattle dreaming

3 nights to see the best of Seattle Read more

Always with the haircuts

Battling the obstacles to get ourselves across the pond Read more

Chasing the Somerset summer…

A whimsical weekend exploring near home Read more

Cumpleaño Malagueño

A nice little escape bid to sunny Andalucía to celebrate 47 laps of the sun Read more

People are getting worse.

I’m not quite sure who said this but this seems a remarkably prescient sentiment with which to start my most recent blog. Over the past couple of months I’ve experienced outings in both North and South Devon, and the difference couldn’t be starker. My opening… Read more

A perfectly passable Alps adventure

A cheap little weekend exploring the Alps Read more

Another month, another jaunt

The festive season had arrived, and the winter was stubbornly refusing to depart. I swear SAD gets more and more a ‘thing’ every year, and whilst climate change probably doesn’t really impact on daylight, this year has seemed far more Scandinavian than most, featuring a… Read more

The answer is always “Take the flight”

I’ve never been a particular fan of the festive period, striving always to avoid the C word where possible. It’s not that I am grumpy, it’s just the ramming of it down your throat from November onwards and the false expectations and obligations on everyone.… Read more