Are we there yet?

I may have left the best for last....

Wednesday, 25 Mar 2015 | Views [773]

Let me tell you about the luck of the Irish. They are incredibly lucky to live in such a beautiful country. They are lucky that they are all incredibly friendly people. They are lucky their famously cold weather played nice for the entire time or I could ... Read more >

Tags: doolin, friends, ireland, pubs galway, road trip

Photos: Ireland

Wednesday, 25 Mar 2015 | Photo Gallery

A delight for the senses.

Saturday, 21 Mar 2015 | Views [838]

Scotland has so thoroughly pampered my senses that writing about it soon after leaving, I feel like I should be relaxing with a cigarette and praying the neighbours were asleep. 'Touch' is probably the only sensation that hasn't been lured into loving ... Read more >

Tags: edinburgh, highlands, music, scotland, tours, whisky

A day of wonder followed by disaster and dorm snoring.

Tuesday, 17 Mar 2015 | Views [881]

Some cities grow on you. London crept into my favour like its cold that crept into my bones. Some cities are just instantly spellbinding. Istanbul was breath-taking from the first moment I started heading in the wrong direction from the bus stop. Edinburgh ... Read more >

Tags: arthurs seat, carlton hill, castle, dorm, edinburgh, royal mile

The double tonne.

Sunday, 15 Mar 2015 | Views [812] | Comments [1]

Edinburgh was always meant to be a milestone. I thought it was going to be the site of my 40 th birthday party extravaganza but an inexplicable (Word of the week) desire to freeze the nuggets saw me here two months too early. So instead, this journal ... Read more >

Tags: edinburgh

Photos: Scotland

Saturday, 14 Mar 2015 | Photo Gallery

A place that deserves to be more famous than it is.

Thursday, 12 Mar 2015 | Views [893]

Ask any Australian about Jersey and the only thing they can think of is the cows. The small island is part of the UK, but just off the edge of France with French road names, is full of Polish people and with Parishes (or countys) like St. Johns, St. ... Read more >

Tags: castle, chip butty, cow, dolmars, friends, jersey, sunsets

London cram session.

Tuesday, 10 Mar 2015 | Views [864]

Three days to see London? Really? That is just flipping the bird to the city of double-decker buses, that lady that graces all our currency, Artic weather, millions of rude pedestrians but overly polite drivers, amazing architecture and my heritage. ... Read more >

Tags: beach, brighton, camden, cricket, england, london, lords

Photos: UK

Tuesday, 10 Mar 2015 | Photo Gallery