Travel Talk
In Search of My Writing Mojo
To what extent has the travel blogging industry, and my own writing, become too comfortable, losing sight of its inspiration and creativity? […]
Travel Talk
The Canary Islands
The death of the travel forum
If a writer gets it very wrong about the Canaries, how can I trust them when it comes to other destinations? The answer is I can’t. […]
Travel Photography
Don’t blame the writer when the wrong photo is used in a travel article
Where publications strive to ensure quality when it comes the body of a travel article, they often pay little attention to accompanying photographs, making the mistake of treating images as though they aren’t important. […]
Alentejo
A Serendipitous Arrival into Galegos
“Excuse me, can you tell me where we can get petrol please?”
“Espanha”.
It’s almost 4pm on a Saturday, we were supposed to be in Galegos an hour ago; we have no petrol, no idea where we are, and the nearest gas station is in Spain… […]
Food & drink
The difference between Michelin star restaurants and being in the Michelin Guide
Someone I talked to recently recommended a restaurant they said had a Michelin star. When I checked it out it wasn’t a Michelin star restaurant at all, but it was recommended in the Michelin Guide. […]
Europe
A Quinta and a Hobbit House in Azeitão, Portugal
There are times when I feel like I’m swimming underwater to escape a flooded room and if I just hold my breath and keep swimming, I’ll resurface on the other side. Arriving in Portugal has […]
Europe
On The Move, All At Sea
Lying in my bunk with the sea lashing the porthole, I could feel every wave as the bow rose, paused at the zenith of its height, and then crashed back to the angry sea with a loud boom that sounded like it had split the hull… […]
Europe
On The Move, The Voyage
We had one-way ferry tickets to Huelva in Southern Spain… and less than two weeks in which to pack or dispose of, all our worldly goods […]
Hiking
Adventure travelling with a Zimmer frame
“When I saw him in the hostel, I couldn’t help but smile. There he was, a man who could have been my grandfather, hanging out with college-aged backpackers and having the time of his life.” […]
Food & drink
Buying wine and the illusion of choice
What chances have you of finding Croatian wine in the average UK supermarket? Last time we visited Britain we were disappointed to find Spanish wines dominating the shelves. […]
The Canary Islands
The holiday island with the greatest number of tourists per 100 residents
Spanish tourism news portal Hostaltur published a report about the numbers of tourists per 100 residents on 25 islands. The results were interesting and might surprise some people. […]
Europe
The problem with walking routes in the Canary Islands
The first time we fell foul of the Canary Islands’ anarchic approach to marking walking routes was on La Gomera when a couple of signposts on one trail weren’t where they should have been. […]
Korcula
The good, bad and ugly of travel lists
Some writers despise travel lists, viewing them as lazy travel writing designed to pull in lots of readers with the minimum of effort. However, statistics show people like lists. […]
Bute
The sensitive topic of toilets and travel
I don’t care if you’re a member of the aristocracy with refined blue blood coursing through your veins, at some point when travelling you’re likely to get caught short. […]
Food & drink
What it means to be a foodie
It seems to me there can be a lot of busking going on when it comes to defining what a foodie is, possibly because those doing said busking aren’t foodies. […]