After my failed attempt to hike to Leith Hill from Box Hill the weekend before, I set off again with the goal to get to…
A failed attempt to go from Box Hill to Leith Hill Thus far I mostly hiked with meetup.com or with my friend Amy, who…
With spring emerging, I’m definitely getting into hiking mode. Thankfully, there are still some hikes on meetup.com that I haven’t done before. On a typical…
When my sister came to visit me in London just after I got back from Australia, we took the opportunity of a very sunny but…
Wine times in Perth The Swan Valley is only a 20-minute drive away from Perth. Its fertile soil is uncommon in the (otherwise rather dry)…
Although I lived in Perth ten years ago for over a year, I don’t remember ever making it out to the Perth Hills. This time,…
Boorna Waanginy – A special lights festival in Perth I landed in Perth on 7th February because it worked well with my schedule and it’s…
The Fringe Festival in Perth Ever since the Fringe Festival – or Fringe World Festival as it is properly called – piloted in Perth in…
In February 2009, I embarked on a working holiday visa to Australia. Almost exactly 10 years later, I returned to my favourite city to catch…
After a week in Seattle on our company’s annual sales kick-off, I really couldn’t wait to get to Vancouver again. My ski gear was packed…
Christmas in Germany’s oldest city The closest city to my little home village in Germany is Trier. This is where I went to school to…
Frequent readers of this blog will know that this summer, I did a truly mesmerizing round-trip along Iceland’s ring road. However, this wasn’t my first…
Sunny autumn days can be sparse in England. On a beautiful Sunday in November, my friend Amy and I decided to make the most of…
I used to dream of a job that allows me to travel with work. The reality is that, unless the business IS travelling, there usually…
When the weather forecast promised a weekend of sunshine and Indian summer a couple of weeks ago, I turned to my Meetup app on Friday…
Today is the release date for the new movie “Bohemian Rhapsody” here in the UK. It’s a biographical musical film about the British rock band Queen,…
With some places in the UK, going just once simply won’t do. For me, Dorset is one of them. Just a couple of hours drive…
Summer is nearly over, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t time for more outdoor adventures. A location that I have been to several times in…
A trip around Iceland on the ring road – Part 7 Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland. With a population of around…
A trip around Iceland on the ring road – Part 6 The last leg of our roundtrip of Iceland was the Golden Circle. This is…
A trip around Iceland on the ring road – Part 5 Since we managed to drive longer distances over the previous couple of days, we…
Mývatn had been our halfway point on the trip and we had left the next couple of days open. We now had a bit of…
A trip around Iceland on the ring road – Part IV On our fourth leg of the trip, we decided to drive a little further…
A trip around Iceland on the ring road – Part III I guess there is a first time for everything and day 3 of our…
A trip around Iceland on the ring road – Part II Total driving distance and time approximately 140 km / 1 h 42 The next…
Iceland bears its name for a reason. This became pretty obvious when I landed in Kevlavik Airport in early July. Having left sunny and hot…
British Summer Time Part III It was a beautiful summer Sunday and the beach was the only place I fancied going to. As lovely as…
British Summer Time Part II – Hiking to the Devil’s abandoned ditch on the South Downs The South Downs are a range of rolling chalk…
Follow my blog with Bloglovin British summer time – Part I: Hiking from Margate via Broadstairs to Ramsgate in Kent This is going to be…
It’s been a bit quiet on my blog recently but that sure wasn’t because nothing was happening – on the contrary. May was a month…