Glasgow Smiles Better

See, I grew up in Liverpool in the 1980s. Hard times in a rough city; it…

Travelling Even Lighter – Backpacking With As Little As Possible

A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post about how I tend to travel…

Mines and Stones – The Hidden Derbyshire

As you know, I live near Derbyshire and I’m more than happy to wax lyrical about…

Ripon: Cathedrals and Unicorns

Most tourists to the UK visit the same places; London, Oxford, Canterbury, the Lake District, and,…

Geordie Shore

If you were asked to list the nicest beaches in Europe, you’d probably stick with the…

Leicester – yes, I didn’t know a lot about it either …

Leicester. One of those British cities (and I class Bristol in the same category) which to…

More Than Coal – An Overview Of South Yorkshire

See, South Yorkshire has a reputation. It’s not necessarily a *bad* reputation (we’re not dealing with…

If it’s Tuesday, it must be Belg…oh, hang on…

Luxembourg isn’t a country I knew that much about, in all honesty, before I realised it…

Put Some Clothes On! – Street Art In Brussels

Brussels is full of public art, and in fact walking around the city exploring it is…

Brussels – Europe Central

Belgium is a very odd, quirky, ‘off-the-wall’ country. The whole place has the feel of several…

In Bruges – Trying to avoid the tourists

The thing about Bruges is that it’s got a reputation for being one of those tourist-traps;…

Stand on the Side of the House of Love

London Islington. I don’t know what image the phrase brings up, but in my head it’s…