The best day trip from Prague is Kutná Hora. It’s about an hour from the main station by train, the Sedlec Ossuary and St Barbara’s Cathedral are two of the more memorable buildings in the country, and you’ll be back in Prague for dinner. If you can spare a night rather than a day, spend […]
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INIU RG-10000 Review (2026): A Rugged 45W Power Bank for Travellers
The INIU P63 is the power bank that lives in my camera bag, and we already recommend two INIU packs in our guide to the best power banks for travel. So when INIU asked if I’d review the RG-10000, their first rugged power bank, I was curious to see what a sealed, tougher version of […]
Prime Day Travel Deals October 2026: Luggage, Headphones and Travel Tech Worth Buying
I’ve been travelling more or less full time since 2009, when I went to Australia for a year and never really stopped. In that time I’ve bought, worn out and replaced most of the kinds of kit on this page at least once. So when Amazon runs its second Prime sale of the year in […]
The Best Travel Duffel Bags in 2026 (and When a Weekender Is the Better Buy)
I’ve been travelling full time since 2010, and a duffel of one kind or another regularly makes it into our packing setup. Right now there are two in the house: a leather Floto that Jess gave me as an anniversary present a few years ago, and a pair of thin Outdoor Products duffels that pack […]
3 Days in Prague: A Day-by-Day Itinerary for First-Timers
Three days is enough time to see Prague well, as long as you put the days in the right order. I first visited Prague back in the 2000s and returned to the city in September 2026 with Jess, on her first visit. We spent five nights in the Old Town and walked four full days […]
The Best Headlamps for Night Photography and Travel in 2026
I’ve been using Black Diamond headlamps since around 2000, and as a professional photographer I’ve spent a good number of winter nights in places like Finland, Iceland and Scotland standing next to a tripod waiting for the northern lights to do something. Jess has two Black Diamonds she bought for her Kilimanjaro climb in 2014. […]
Best Camera Backpack for Hiking in 2026: Dedicated Camera Pack or Hiking Pack Plus Cube?
I’ve been carrying cameras up hills for over fifteen years as a professional travel photographer, on moorland in Cornwall, on waterfall hikes in Iceland where it rained more or less continuously, and on day hikes across the US. For most of that time I’ve done it with two very different setups: a dedicated camera backpack […]
The Best Castles in Scotland to Visit: My 15 Picks
Jess and I lived in Edinburgh for four years, and I’ve stood at and photographed every castle on this list myself. Scotland doesn’t make shortlisting easy. There are castles on sea cliffs, castles on islands in lochs, castles that are still family homes and castles that are three crumbling walls and a view. This guide […]
Best Castle Hotels in Scotland: 9 We’ve Paid to Stay In
For a good few of the years we lived in Scotland, my birthday worked like this: sometime in January, Jess would disappear into a browser for an evening, and in February we’d find ourselves checking into a castle. February in Scotland is nobody’s idea of peak season, which worked well in our favour. The rates […]
How to Spend 2 Days in Mobile, Alabama: A Detailed Itinerary
Mobile is the nearest coastal city to home for us. We live in Montgomery, about two and a half hours up I-65, and when we want salt air, live oaks and a proper plate of oysters without crossing a state line, Mobile is where we point the car. It’s also one of the most historically […]