March 6, 2025 | scotland

How to spend two days in Edinburgh

We were sad to say goodbye to York, but our road trip with the in-laws had to continue and Edinburgh was calling. So, we piled back into the Peugeot...

February 27, 2025 | england

Wandering through the Lake District

Our trip through the UK with the in-laws was just about coming to an end but we had saved the best until last - the Lake District. Ade and I...

February 27, 2025 | england

Road tripping in York

The next stop on our great road trip with the in-laws was York. Ade and I have visited York previously and loved it, so we couldn't wait to get...

February 27, 2025 | england

Robin Hood and other sites in Nottingham

I can't visit England without going to Nottingham, something about being born there and having family there. So we dragged along the in-laws...

February 26, 2025 | england

Tripping through the Cotswolds

After a couple of days in London we were keen to get out into the countryside of England and what better place to start than the Cotswolds? So we...

February 26, 2025 | england

London calling – and a road trip with the in-laws

There is a kind of magic to London that calls to me repeatedly. Being English by birth and at heart, I can't help but want to get back to...

February 23, 2025 | china

Pandas, palaces and Great Walls in Beijing

And that's how I found myself in a group of nearly 50 adults traipsing through the sites of China. Our first stop was Beijing...

February 23, 2025 | china

Battling the crowds, and our travel bias, on a tour of China

It's unusual for us to do a tour, unless it's one we're hosting. In the past our only tours have been day tours, single sight tours or personally guided...

February 19, 2025 | cambodia

Exploring Cambodia’s brutal past in Phnom Penh

I wasn’t sure about visiting the killing fields in Cambodia. It wasn’t something that I particularly wanted to see, but I was also intrigued...

February 6, 2025 | vietnam

Vung Tau – a city of layers

I'm sitting on a beach gazing out over a small island. A light drizzle is falling around me, but I'm not sure whether it's the rain, or sea spray...