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A visit to Svalbard Bryggeri
Svalbard is home to the world’s most northerly brewery: Svalbard Bryggeri. It’s situated close to the harbour in Longyearbyen, it’s…
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How I Spent Three Nights On Svalbard
In August 2025 I spent three nights (four days) on Svalbard. It coincided with the very end of the midnight…
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Podcast #116: Svalbard
Welcome to Episode 116 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. Last year, off the back of my…
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Podcast #109: Caribbean on a Budget Part Two
Welcome to Episode 109 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. Back in June 2025 I travelled to…
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Podcast #108: Caribbean on a Budget Part One
Welcome to Episode 108 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. Back in June 2025 I travelled to…
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Vienna Christmas Markets
In late Autumn 2024, I was sent by Jet2 on one of their Christmas Market breaks weekends, to Vienna. I…
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Craft Beer Hipster Bars in Manchester City Centre
Obviously a city like Manchester has many places to drink beer, but where better to have a craft brew than…
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My favourite craft brewery-run bars in Manchester
Manchester may have a number of breweries with actual brewtaps, but not every decent brewery-led bar is a brewtap, or…
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My Six Best Brewtaps in Manchester City Centre
Manchester has a heck of a lot of places to drink, for sure, including a lot of hipster craft bars.…
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My Six Favourite Pubs In Stalybridge
Stalybridge isn’t a town on many people’s radar; it’s noted for being somewhere you pass through on the way to…
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All The Pubs In Central Salford
It’s possibly unlikely you’ll be doing a pub crawl of central Salford, because, I mean, Manchester City Centre is Just…
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My First Beer Spa
The last evening of my Press Trip to the Plsen area was scheduled for a beer spa. Of course I’d…
