In an English country garden
Beautiful stone walls and hedges border garden beds brimming with flowers, busy bees and all shades of green. Gardeners are hard at work, and visitors are…
Mischievous little men
What could be more mischievous than a leprechaun? I didn’t see any “real” leprechauns when I made my first visit to Ireland last year but their…
Laughter in Laos
Laughter is the best medicine, so they say. Travelling has been the source of many laughs for me, one of its joys being the people I’ve…
Walking the line at Auckland Airport
New Zealand’s largest city – Auckland – must have one of the easiest methods of transport between its international and domestic airports that I’ve ever come…
Travel Theme: Sparkle
New year, new challenges. Today I’m starting a challenge that will help me share images from my bulging travel photo files. I’ve been watching other blogs…
My travel year in pictures
It’s been a crazy travel year for me. I don’t think I’ve ever been on the road so much, and while I’ve loved it, there’s got…
My love affair with London
“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” So wrote the 18th century essayist and poet Samuel Johnson. He could easily have…
Chatting to the Chelsea Pensioners
Killing time sometimes leads to wonderful discoveries while travelling. On a stopover in London earlier this year, I had allowed myself extra time to find an…
Chilling out and chasing history at medieval Chateau de Chillon
Everybody loves a knight in shining armour. I didn’t find one in Switzerland, but I did see some beautiful bronze suits of armour at Château de…
All the fun of a funicular
“What’s a funicular?” The question surprised me, coming from someone who has travelled quite a lot. I was talking about travelling on one in Switzerland, but…
A Glass Half Full 