Dear fellow travellers! It’s me again, Vera, and today I am going to talk to you about finding public toilets. A task that is somewhat essential to a smooth travel experience, yet hardly addressed – until now. There is of course a chance of the odd TMI happening, so brace yourselves! However, we have to […]
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Free music at France’s Fête de la Musique
There is a reason I am standing in front of an entire French village clutching a microphone and preparing to launch into a rendition of Sonny and Cher’s “I got you babe”. That reason (other than beer, and the effect it has on my perception of my singing capability) is the insidious figure that society […]
In photos: from the Facebook Page (Edition i)
It has been brought to my attention that not everyone out there has this thing called Facebook. You poor hapless individuals you. In the case of this blog, I share a lot of photos over on Facebook, many of which don’t make it here. Rather than force you into using Facebook merely to keep up […]
The art of procrastination, and an introduction
I started this travel blog quite a long time ago. Just over two years ago in fact, as this recent post illustrates. Throughout that whole time, I’ve had a silent partner who has been helping me out, providing handy feedback, checking my grammar, researching destinations and carting bits of camera kit around. And other than […]
Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter: A Photographer’s Self-Guided Walking Route
Jess and I have been going back to Barcelona since 2012, and on every trip I end up in the same place: the Gothic Quarter, camera in hand, taking the same wrong turns I took the last time and being quietly pleased about it. I’ve photographed a lot of old cities over the years, and […]
The Queen and I.
The Queen and I have a fairly relaxed relationship. She gets on with being all regal and attending charity events and wearing hats, and I get on with, well, the sort of things I get on with. Mostly our lives don’t overlap terribly, and I am totally fine with that. I have no problem with […]
Travel blogging tips from the experts: Leave your daily hell
In today’s travel blogging tips article I’m delighted to be able to share with you the thoughts of Robert Schrader, the creative talent behind Leave Your Daily Hell. Robert believes that travel should be something that everyone is able to experience, regardless of income, and his site focuses on how folk can travel more for […]
Celebrating two years of blogging! (and some things I’ve learnt on the way)
Cheers! My blog has just turned two, which as far as I can tell, means it’s about ready to walk and talk on its own. Kindergarten is probably just around the corner. To mark the occasion, I’ve written this shamelessly self congratulatory post (the 331st post of the site!), to celebrate the fact that my […]
Australia–a land of contrast
I spent a year traversing the vast nation of Australia by four wheel drive, and in that time I took in some absolutely spectacular sights. I was asked to put together a guest photo post by the wonderful Samuel of travel blog Nomadic Samuel, on a theme of my choice, and I thought I’d share […]
That time I was shipwrecked
I recently undertook a 3000km round trip across Europe for entirely unexciting reasons. Unless sorting out stuff in a loft you’ve not been in for four years counts as interesting. This trip allowed me two things. One, lots of time to listen to Abba, as my Mum was in charge of the music selection. Two, […]