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,…

Confessions of a Travel Blogger

I am not a travel blogger. Now, that might sound like a strange thing to say,…

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…

Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain

I’ve always been interested in history. But history on my own terms, about topics I can…

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…

Winter Hill – Unseasonable Climbing

It’s funny – no matter where I am in the world, I always feel a bit…

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…