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Soufrière
Soufrière is a small town on St Lucia’s west coast, about an hour from Vieux Fort, and further along the…
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Male City, Maldives
Even when I first heard about Maldives as a tourist destination, it was always marketed as being a honeymoon-type destination…
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Visiting Vienna
You may remember in the summer of 2023, Jet2 sent me off on a trip to an all-inclusive resort on…
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A Night At The Vienna State Opera
I’ve never been to the opera. In my head it was always one of those things ‘beyond my pay grade’;…
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Linn Park
Linn Park lies just south of Cathcart railway station, on the edge of Glasgow Southside. It’s about 80 hectares, and…
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Football History in Glasgow Southside
The Southside of Glasgow is fundamentally important for the history of the game of football (soccer). The Scottish Football Association…
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Pollok Country Park
Pollok Country Park, on the edge of Glasgow, is one of the most famous city parks in the UK. It’s…
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The Sefton Coast
The Sefton Coast is the part of England just north of Liverpool, and stretching some 15 miles to Southport. It’s…
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Oban and Kintyre
Oban is deceiving. When you look on a map, it seems to be a large town and important port, and…
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The Sunshine Coast of Australia
Overview The Sunshine Coast of Australia is, well, it’s a legion of seaside resorts. It’s the less-noted cousin of the…
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Is Adelaide Boring?
I asked some of my Australian friends what the general impression of Adelaide was, in the rest of the country.…
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Perceptions of Soweto
Soweto. South West Township. Somewhat boring name, but those six letters encompass so much about recent South African history, and…
Towns & Cities
Travel is as much about exploring the towns and cities you visit en-route as it is about the journeys and the countryside experiences. In these posts I talk about the towns and cities I’ve visited, some close to home, others on the other side of the world, in my quest to prove “everywhere is interesting”.
