Planning My First Adventure on the Herriot Way “Thru-hiking”, if you’ll forgive me, dear Brits, is a glorious phrase borrowed from our American cousins and gratefully snaffled by me because it perfectly describes the idea…

Seoul for a Short Break? How We Flew to South Korea for Less Than Barcelona I think it must have been last November when we started tossing around ideas for a short Easter getaway. Naturally,…

Many years ago, when I was about 16 and significantly less tired, I went to Salzburg. I remember very little about it, which either says a lot about teenage me or very little about Salzburg.…

Well it’s officially here, and in my hands! Self-publishing a book is a very surreal thing really. Mainly because the only person in the world who thinks it is an important thing is you (and…

Across the Pondlife – the physical BOOK !!!!!! So, this isn’t exactly the sort of post I tend to publish on my blog these days. I mostly stick to travel now. However, this is quite…