Category Feature Posts
Final route: Where we ended up…
One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. – Henry Miller If you have seen our initial plan (Part 1) and/or read our travel blog; you will see that, as is normal in longer-term budget adventure travel,… plans change. Travel is more than the seeing of sites; it is a […]
20 Reasons to Write a Personal Blog?
Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. ― Dr. Seuss Unlike many travellers of this era, we travelled before the age of the internet. Yes, we wrote travel journals with a pen and paper. We remember posting post cards and international phone cards. […]
Week 46 West – I ♥ Aircraft Noise
11th – 13th July 2014 Prunella and the boys have headed off to Oxford and I’m sticking around in Gloucestershire for a couple more days. John and I drop Prunella and the boys off at the Stroud station and we head home via a hardware store to pick up some cement and aggregate. We spend […]
Servas International
Volunteer Hospitality Host, Leader or Guest Volunteering, Participation, Donation, Membership, etc. June, 2014 (Note: If you are considering any volunteer work overseas please stay safe, read our blog disclaimer and consider your personal decisions carefully. Also consider that volunteering with a family in tow, involves far more considerations, compromises and sacrifices, than that of a solo traveller). Our host […]
Paris Greeters
Volunteer Local Tour Guide Volunteering, Participation, Donation, Membership, etc. June, 2014 (Note: If you are considering any volunteer work overseas please stay safe, read our blog disclaimer and consider your personal decisions carefully. Also consider that volunteering with a family in tow, involves far more considerations, compromises and sacrifices, than that of a solo traveller). Our Couch surfing […]
Week 38 – Romanian Rhapsody: 25 Fascinating Facts
12th – 18th May 2014 Romania is a fascinating country. The word derives from the Latin Rominus meaning “Citizen of Rome”. It is located on the crossroads of Eastern and Central Europe and has played a significant part in history. We have been sheltered in the warmth of it’s people, felt peace in it’s lush forests, […]
The Love Story
The Love Story In 2013, whilst embarking on our family gap year – The Sabretoothed Chickens Tour – we were 14 years married, 19 years together, parents of three wonderful boys, travelling for a year as a family – and still very much in love… Now we are back home but still enjoying family adventures both […]
