We rounded off the holiday with quick visit to Maureen’s hometown of Dundee. This was mainly to visit the new V&A design museum that we...

These last stops are mainly designed to retrace the footsteps of some Scottish history based on some of the iconic names from the past –...

The pretty fishing village of Tarbert is a bit out of the way, on the Kintyre Peninsula, but I picked it as a good home base for taking...

As the clock winds down on our holiday, with multiple ‘bunny-hop’ stays for the duration I’m aiming at shorter, postcard style highlights...

Having picked up a car from Birmingham the remaining stops in our grand tour will be short and sweet, and the aim is to make the blog...

Beneath the Raglan Stand at Birmingham’s Edgbaston Stadium is a small cricket museum packed with balls that took historic wickets and...

We came to Birmingham for the cricket. It would be unfair to disparage a city on the basis of experiencing it from a fifth floor...

I love trains, especially when they run as scheduled. Outside of France this is a reasonably common occurrence. And of all train types I...

We arrived in London amid the continuing European heatwave. Typically 29-30 degrees by day, and low 20s overnight. Our Chelsea bed and...

Due to a national day of strike action on 06 June we dropped Montpellier for the night of the 5th and took the train to Toulouse that...

France as a rule is a laid-back country where they like their two-hour lubricated lunches and take violence to the streets against...

Three days in the ancient Provencal city of Nimes was next on our series of ‘mini-holidays’ within the wider trip. Travelling days can be...

We’ve seen a fair bit of France over what is now four visits, never going over old ground. With a country as vast and varied as France,...

I have occasionally been ribbed about my policy of being ridiculously early to the airport (no need to name names). This is not because I...

We ditched Paris from our original itinerary due to the unrest over pension reform, and subbed-in Brussels and Geneva - strategic choices...

In January 1890 Vincent Van Gogh’s brother Theo’s wife gave birth to their first child. Vincent painted the Almond Blossom (pictured) as...

In episode 6 of season 3 of the brilliant football-based drama Ted Lasso [spoiler alert], a main character, Rebecca, is knocked off a...

There is a sign above the player’s entrance to Anfield Stadium’s main stand that reads simply: This is Anfield. The story goes that...

We made it to London last night via a typically sticky Singapore and congested border control at Heathrow. Thanks to the Heathrow Express...

Our last big trip in 2018 was meant to be literally that – the last. Then I fluked tickets for the 2019 Ashes test at Lord’s and so...