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  • Travel Stories
    • Bush Routes:
    • Across Sri Lanka by tuk-tuk
    • A Different New Year’s Eve
    • Bobsleigh Run
    • Camels And Khaled
    • Hamadi
    • Into The Unknown
    • Lightning Strike
    • Our strange invitation
    • The Curious Tale Of The Day Bag And The Dress
    • The Dirty Plastic Bucket
    • The story of Mangala
    • Travel Stories: From The Boudoir To The Bosphorus
    • Travel Stories: The Nungwi Sunset
    • Welcome To Dar
    • Were We Safe? Take A Look…

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  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Last Day in Matera

    June 18, 2019 /

    One final day discovering Matera’s unique history

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    October 8, 2021
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    August 8, 2021
  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Matera: The city where poverty makes history

    June 17, 2019 /

    A full day exploring the incredible city of Matera

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    October 16, 2021
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    Southbound Again: Wine Into Water

    July 21, 2023
  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Uncovering Matera’s history

    June 16, 2019 /

    Our first day exploring the ancient city of Matera, Italy

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    Porto: Too Many Reasons To Be Cheerful 

    July 21, 2025

    Karpathos: The Windy Island

    August 23, 2021

    Into The Mountains: From Thessaloniki To Delphi

    July 25, 2021
  • England,  Europe,  Travel Blog

    Sunshine After The Rain

    June 12, 2019 /

    Preparing to leave the drab English summer for the hot Italian sun

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    June 8, 2023

    Famous Faces, Favourite Places 

    March 6, 2022
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    November 6, 2022
  • England,  Europe,  History,  Travel Blog

    FROM STATELY HOME TO CAVE HOUSES: IT’S ITALY NEXT

    June 11, 2019 /

    From Chatsworth House Stately home in England to Matera, the “shame of Italy” in Basilicata, Italy

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    February 10, 2022

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    July 17, 2021

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    October 28, 2021
  • England,  Travel Blog,  Walking

    We love England

    June 9, 2019 /

    Weekend in the Peak District, walking in The Derbyshire & Staffordshire boarders

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    Rainbow over the Camel Estuary, Padstow

    Chasing Rainbows

    November 10, 2023

    St Albans: Romans, Saints & Boudicca

    July 4, 2021

    Atlantic Views

    May 18, 2021
  • England,  Europe,  History,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    The World’s Greatest City

    May 27, 2019 /

    Theatres, culture and Iconic sites of interest around London

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    Framlingham Castle

    July 17, 2021

    Nostalgia Trip #1: Barnt Green & Brownsover

    June 6, 2021
    Padstow Harbour Cornwall

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    January 12, 2024
  • Asia,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Our strange invitation

    May 22, 2019 /

    The story of how we came to be part of a private party in rural Turkey

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    Last Days Of The Trip: Ending On A High, Literally 

    May 23, 2023
    Puerto Princesa underground river, Palawan, Philippines

    Puerto Princesa And Another Of The World’s Seven Wonders

    March 15, 2025
    Green Cathedral Kampot, Cambodia

    Kampot: A Different Kind Of Town 

    May 10, 2023
  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Home from Madrid

    May 14, 2019 /

    Monday morning, and spreading olive oil and tomatoes on the toasted bocadillo bread is a whole lot better than going in to work! And so we wind up our stay in Madrid with that same breakfast, and a wander around some new quarters before heading back to the airport.  We still haven’t found out what it’s about, but the military event around the royal palace today is even bigger, with massed ranks of uniforms filling the closed-off street, armed police guarding every corner. It’s an impressive display, whatever the story.  Mercado de San Miguel is no longer a market but an upmarket foodhall, almost a tapas and pintxo equivalent of…

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    August 6, 2023
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    August 21, 2023
    The harbour in Kyrenia, Girene, Northern Cyprus

    Into The Northern Half Of Cyprus

    October 15, 2023
  • England,  Europe,  Travel Blog

    Lowestoft and beyond

    May 13, 2019 /

    From the beaches of Lowestoft to the bluebell woods of Wangford, Suffolk is a beautiful County

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