I’m all about new water-based experiences this year! I started out with my first experience on a huge cruise ship (where I also got married), crossing from New York to Southampton. A few weeks later, we headed to Russia, where we experienced our first ever river cruise, sailing aboard the MS Rachmaniov on a river […]
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That time I Photographed my own Wedding. Twice.
I’ve done a lot of different types of photography. Followers will know that my favourite type of photography is landscape photography, although you might not know that I do dabble in event and portraiture from time to time – I love to catch friends and loved ones in special moments, or in a way they […]
Is the Statue of Liberty + Ellis Island Tour Worth It? (2026)
I love to wander a city. Preferably I’ll have my camera in hand, plenty of time, and a willingness to be sidetracked by anything interesting. Most of the time this works out well. Sometimes it ends with me having a lot of photos and very little idea of what I was actually looking at. Whilst […]
The Best Photography Spots in San Francisco
San Francisco is a seriously photogenic city. Jess (my wife, who writes over at Independent Travel Cats) lived in the Bay Area for five years, and I spent three months living there with her in the early days of our relationship. So while I’d never claim to know San Francisco the way someone born and […]
Ballooning in Spain over the Spanish Pyrenees
We’re lucky enough to have been ballooning in Spain twice, once over the Spanish Pyrenees in the La Garrotxa region, and once over the Costa Brava region of Catalonia. You can read about our experience ballooning in Costa Brava here. This post will focus on our time ballooning over La Garrotxa, a beautiful volcanic natural park that […]
Things to Do In the Florida Keys
Thinking about heading to the gorgeous and sunny Florida Keys, and wondering what to get up to? Well, we’ve got you covered. In this guide to some our favourite things to do in the Florida Keys, we’re going to take you on a tour of a massive brick fortress, meet six toed cats, eat Key […]
Things to Do in Oxford in One Day: A 2026 Itinerary Guide
I lived in and around Oxford for a number of years, and I generally felt like a tourist most of that time too. You can’t really help it. You’re walking to the shops and suddenly the Radcliffe Camera appears around a corner, and you stop and stare at it like you’ve never seen it before. […]
Photographing the Grand Canyon: Best Spots for Sunrise, Sunset and Beyond
We’ve been to the Grand Canyon a couple of times now, and the first time we went, I was completely unprepared for how it would photograph. The scale is almost impossible to process in person, let alone through a viewfinder. I spent the first half hour just staring at it. I got over that fairly […]
Our Experience Hiring a Jucy RV in the USA
Note – since we wrote this post, Jucy no longer operates in the USA. If you are looking to hire an RV for a US trip, we recommend checking out Motorhome Republic, who list RVs from a range of suppliers, and compare prices to find you a great deal. We’ll leave this article up as […]
6 Things That Are Just Better in America
I’m just wrapping up my time here in America, and I wanted to finish it off with a post about some of the things I’ve noticed here that are, well, just generally better than in other places. Sure, America has that wacky obsession with gun ownership, and a love of policing the world, and you […]