• 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

  • Sand to seaside

    After probably a little too long in the desert, it was a relief to be back to the slightly more normal humidity and climate of Santiago. We’d formulated a rough plan facilitated by nothing other than the “Search map” function of Booking.com therefore were off… Read more

  • San Pedro, mi amor

    The slight trauma of our driver’s car seizure was tempered somewhat by a very decent flight up to San Pedro de Atacama. Once again, we’d gone for the premium option- or at least Mark had- however I was forced to agree that this actually made… Read more