I am beginning to feel rather like all I ever do is talk about kit and packing. I’ve done a lot of it recently, not so much for an adventure, but putting stuff into boxes as…

2015 Gosh, this is going back some! Ten years now and a partially distant memory but one that can’t be forgotten for two reasons really; 1: Uganda! What a gorgeous country, so green and beautiful…

May 2024 If someone had told me, maybe five years ago, that Uzbekistan would be on my list and I would actually go, I don’t think I’d have believed them. I may even have been…

2017 I’m writing this very retrospectively as it was a long while ago that we went to Thailand and I’ve only just got around to writing about it. Taking three kids, all teens, meant we…

I really like this city. Along with Edinburgh and New York, I think it’s one of my faves. It’s compact as cities go, but as a university city, it’s eclectic and there’s a lot going…