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Scotland, and the highlands in particular, is famous for its numerous castles. Many of them were home to the clans that ruled Scotland getting in numerous, bloody battles several hundred years ago. Nowadays visitors to Scotland, whether history lovers or…
Continue readingTuscany. Just the word alone conjures up images of gorgeous rolling hills, great wine and food and beautiful hilltop towns in Tuscany. I was lucky enough to visit Tuscany on several family holidays growing up and so it’ll always have…
Continue readingScotland is one of those places I wish I’d visited more. I visited twice in 2015, the first time heading out to the Highlands after a pretty spectacular Hogmanay, and the second spending more time in the west. There are just…
Continue readingAre you feeling all festive yet? I definitely am. Perhaps because it’s (probably) my last Christmas in the UK for a couple of years I’m making the most of Christmas in London and all our UK traditions. If you’re not…
Continue readingUp until fairly recently I’d gone two years in London without really making it to Greenwich. I’d made it over to the O2 and mistakenly thought that was it. Turns out there’s a lot more to Greenwich that a big…
Continue readingI don’t know about you, but when I think of road trips I tend to think of America, Australia and other countries where you can ride the same road for miles and miles, spot wildlife along the road and not…
Continue readingDespite being a pretty large, sprawling city London does have a lot of greenery. In fact, it’s said that around 47% of London is green space! How cool is that? Almost half of this busy city is actually a park…
Continue readingDid you know that there’s such a thing as a protected view in London? The law protects certain views of important sights or historic buildings, and you can’t construct tall buildings in the sight line of places like St. Paul’s Cathedral. That…
Continue readingThe Camino de Santiago, or The Way of St James, is the name given to any number of pilgrimage routes which lead to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Many…
Continue readingFilm festivals happen all over the world and the big ones, the Cannes, Toronto and Sundance Film festivals get a lot of press. Up until last weekend I’d never attended a film festival unless you count the Banff Mountain Film…
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