Were I a knife aficionado, (of the pen knife, rather than the Crocodile Dundee variety), then I could not have picked a better place to locate myself in France than where I am now, near the town of Nontron. Because as it turns out, Nontron is home to France’s original folding knife creators, a cutlery […]
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Tips for a healthy cruise
Today’s featured post was provided by Sam Adkins, writing about the necessity for decent travel insurance when on a cruise. I believe that getting good travel insurance is important for any holiday, with cruise ships being no exception! Over to Sam to explain why travel insurance is so important for anyone embarking on an ocean […]
How to Deal with Bed Bugs when Travelling
As a traveller, one thing that is certain is that you are going to be sleeping in many different places. With this comes risk, one of which is to wake up one morning covered in tracks of red bites – the possible mark of bed bug bites! Of course, your initial thought may be that […]
In photos: My life in France (so far!)
For today’s post I thought I’d share some of my favourite photos from my first four months of living in France. The surrounding area holds all kinds of attractions, plus the rural nature of our current living arrangement makes for all sorts of lovely shots. Here are some of them! The local towns and villages […]
An Old French Mill
Parts of rural France have some really old bits of industry lying around. One of the more common types of surviving building still in use today are the old mills that were used to create both flour and oil. Of course, not all the mills that once dotted the landscape have survived intact. Many, whilst […]
Travel blogging tips from the experts: Nomadic Samuel
In today’s travel blogging tips article, I’m delighted to be featuring Samuel Jeffrey, better known as the man behind Nomadic Samuel, as well as the happy smiling faces of Smiling Faces Travel Photos. Samuel burst onto the travel blogging scene with a tremendous bang last July, getting the sort of positive start that most folk […]
Perigueux: what have the Romans ever done for us?
If the title of this blog post makes little sense to you, then you should pause your whole life for a couple of hours and go watch Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Done that? Good. Perigueux is a town with a remarkably hard to spell name in the heart of France’s Dordogne. It is the […]
Tips for buying and selling a travellers vehicle in New Zealand
If you’re heading to New Zealand for any length of time longer than a month, buying a vehicle is likely to be one of the most cost effective ways to see the country. For example, renting a decent camper van for around a month is likely to cost you something in the region of $3000 […]
Visiting Kings Canyon in Australia
For today’s photo theme post I’m sharing with you the quite marvellous Kings Canyon in Australia’s Northern Territory. There is a big rock not too far from here that gets a lot of attention (and deservedly so!), but if you have some time in your trip, then I cannot recommend a visit to Kings Canyon […]
My travel ABCs
A travel meme has been sweeping the travel blogging world recently, where travel bloggers are posed 26 (!) questions about their travelling life. I was nominated to take part by Sophie of Sophie’s World. It’s a bit of fun, and you might learn some things about me you didn’t know already. Without further ado: A: […]