Northern Ireland adventures
If you are a parent of teenagers, you have probably thought long and hard about how to prise them away from their games console or TV over the summer months. Long gone, of course,...
Iceland: Reykjavik
Iceland is a country that has intrigued me for many years. It was always, however, slightly out of reach. My interest piqued again recently when I watched the Walter Mitty film which...
USA: Meeting of the Great Rivers
For someone like me, who loves roadside attractions and Americana, it’s a bit of a playground
Northern Ireland Spa Breaks
In the busy world we now live in, like me, you maybe find it difficult to switch off and relax. I’ve often been told about the benefits of spa breaks and...
Malta & Gozo
If you are looking for somewhere to forget the hustle and bustle of your daily life, I may have found just the place. However, this is between you and me – don’t...
USA: St Louis MO
It’s not often one can say a particular trip was nearly 40 years in the planning.
However, as I stood underneath the Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri recently, my...
USA: New Orleans
The first thing I noticed in New Orleans was music. It was everywhere, whether it was the lone saxophonist playing his melancholy lament on the Riverwalk, the 5 piece belting out a...
Switzerland: Top of Europe
I’m sure most of you have read, or at least heard of, the famous Sherlock Holmes story where the famous detective takes on his nemesis, Moriarty, in a fight to the death...
Czech Republic – The Spa Towns
It's not very often that a town can be described as "happy", but I think I found one recently in the Czech Republic. It was while walking around the park in the...
Bristol & Bath
When I suggested to my two younger sons that I might take them away as a joint birthday present, one said, Spain would be nice, the other said a cruise would be...
