I’ve always enjoyed the idea of being a travel blogger and maintaining a diary of my adventures and as such created this travel blog section. The places that I’ve visited in recent years all feature here including my most recent trips to Italy and America where I offer tips and advice on the best locations and excursions to help anyone thinking of visiting the same places.
Over the years, I’ve really caught the travel bug. I use any free moment to explore the length and breadth of the UK or travel further afield to see what the rest of the world has to offer me. During these adventures, I largely spend my time wandering new cities, […]
Sicily, Italy’s stunning southern island is a paradise for all types of traveller. Whether you are looking for white sandy beaches with turquoise waters, adventure and active volcanoes, historical landmarks, beautiful nature or bustling cities and local street markets – Sicily has it all. You might have heard of the […]
Located in California, Santa Monica really is the stuff that dreams are made of. The incredible weather, the incredible beaches, the laid back lifestyle, it’s hard to find something not to like. Amongst all of this is the iconic Santa Monica pier which sits proudly on the Pacific Coastline offering […]
New York, the city that never sleeps. Still a firm favourite with world travellers this incredible city isn’t going out of fashion anytime soon, retaining its popularity crown for the foreseeable future. It certainly remains at the top of many people’s lists of travel destinations. If you are planning to […]
It’s the end of June, a rare summer heatwave has swept the UK and despite this it was time for my annual villa holiday to somewhere hot in Europe to over indulge in dinners, ice creams, sunshine and cheap local beer. This year I headed to Vale do Garrao on […]
This weekend was Sarah’s birthday and so I surprised her with a weekend break to York. I’d been to York previously when I was very young and so had some faint memories of the city whereas Sarah had never been so it was shaped up to be something fun for […]
Recently I was treated to a 1 night stay at the beautiful Ettington Park Hotel. Set in 40 acres of grounds and located just 6 miles from Stratford-upon-Avon, Ettington Park Hotel is positioned as a luxury hotel. It is the only AA 4 Red Star hotel in the area and has […]
Whilst staying in Las Vegas as part of my honeymoon Sarah and I decided to do something extra special and booked a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas strip with Sundance Helicopters. There were several packages available however we booked a flight that included the helicopter landing […]
So 16 days after setting off from Heathrow we finally landed at JFK to start the final leg of our honeymoon with 4 days in New York. As we had arrived in the city early evening we jumped in a taxi and made our way to where we were staying, The Viceroy […]
If you’ve been following my blog recently you’ll know that I just came back from an incredible 21 day honeymoon in North America. So far this had taken me to Washington DC, Santa Monica, the Pacific Coast Highway, San Francisco, Yosemite National Park and Death Valley National Park! And we […]
Following 2 days in Yosemite National Park, the 6th destination of my honeymoon in America took Sarah and I to America’s lowest, hottest, and driest national park, Death Valley. This was planned as a 1 night stop off en-route to Las Vegas! So, in our very sensible and very air […]
Following a fun 2 days in San Francisco, the 5th leg of my honeymoon in America took us to the beautiful and picturesque Yosemite National Park. Day 1 – Iron Door Saloon, Tunnel View & Bridalveil Falls Driving into Yosemite from San Francisco was really easy with plenty of signposts […]
The third destination of my American honeymoon led me to San Francisco, following a 400 mile drive of the Pacific Coast Highway from Santa Monica. Arriving late afternoon into San Francisco, we dropped off the car at the airport and navigated our way through the underground into the city. Dragging our […]
Santa Monica was the 2nd destination of my 21 day honeymoon in America and the first of several along the California coast. Following our 2 days in Washington the 6 hour internal flight touched down at LAX and we made our way across the city to the 5* Fairmont Miramar Hotel and […]
The first leg of my honeymoon in America was visiting Washington DC. We chose this for 2 reasons – firstly it’s the capital city of the USA so it felt like a good cultural thing to do and secondly it broke up what would have otherwise been an extremely long […]
So having gained the confidence to propose in Italy last summer, we finally got married at the start of September! With the timing of the wedding we were fairly limited with the different locations that we could venture to where it wasn’t hurricane season. We considered going on a “mini-moon” […]
Just over a year ago Sarah bought me a 2 night break from buyagift for my birthday. Unfortunately I didn’t get around to booking our experience for quite some time and when we did have time to book we realised that the voucher was only valid certain months of the […]
I recently holidayed in Tuscany staying in a small village called Montanare located about 2 miles outside of Cortona. Being so local, Cortona became the main stop most evenings for dinner and was one of the most buzzing towns I’ve been to in recent years. Cortona is a typical hilltop […]
I recently visited Italy for my summer holiday and this year Sarah and I decided to hire a car and explore towns and cities within both Umbria and Tuscany. On our travels through Umbria there were loads of places to visit having used Trip Advisor to identify key areas to […]
I’ve just returned from a 10 day holiday to Italy and without a doubt it must be the most beautiful place I’ve ever visited. Having received a 3 day wedding invite from one of Sarah’s uni mates to the ceremony in Umbria, we felt that if we were going all […]
