Self catering luxury on the banks of Lough Swilly
I’m still congratulating myself on finding this property! It really was perfect for what we wanted! I am a big fan of fancy hotels and exemplary service, but the hotel offerings in the area didn’t seem right – certainly not as ‘local’ and rustic as they should be. And then we stumbled upon…
View PostFavourite travel photo(s)
If ever I have any time to myself then I love looking through photos from our trips or weekend activities. ‘Let your memory be your travel bag’ said someone once, it’s one of many such travel quotes that pops up on instagram frequently and I totally agree, that is why we take photos…
View PostA Liebster Award
The other day (well a week or 2 ago, then work got manic), I found out that I’d been nominated for a Liebster award! This is something that I hadn’t heard of before and so I’ve looked it up and read about other nominations across the web! It is given to bloggers by…
View PostMy first #blogiversary!
I’ve reached an exciting date – it is my one year of blogging anniversary! I’m not sure I really knew much about either twitter or blogging about 13 months ago, so I’ve learnt a lot already!! It’s quite interesting to look back at what I’ve learned so far and remember why I keep…
View PostThe trials of travelling #dairyfree
I’m lucky that my allergy doesn’t cause the kind of issues that a severe shellfish or peanut allergy might, but identifying that one has an allergy and having to learn fast how to get used to it is challenging! Notwithstanding, dairy free isn’t actually as easy as not drinking tea or having cereal or porridge…
View PostThe (Prosecco) merchant(s) of Venice
Venice was stunning, I hadn’t expected to enjoy our trip there quite so much, but wow! My favourite discovery has to be that it is in the Prosecco region of Italy – something I didn’t know before, but something that we grasped with both hands during the visit (hence the name of this…
View PostUpper class or club class
I make no secret of how much I enjoy flying and to be honest I don’t mind what class I fly in, so long as I’m going somewhere nice! But both Mr P and me are proud of the amassed airmiles collections we have and always look forward to going on holiday in…
View PostMy city of choice?
It’s fair to say that I normally seek isolation and beauty for a holiday, away from the hum drum with peace and quiet and a view of the hills or the sea! Divergent Travellers put up a question a while back – which city, Dubai or Singapore? That got me thinking, I’ve actually…
View PostProject 365 – January was harder than I thought #sundaytraveler
And I don’t just mean work wise!! I take lots of pictures, the iPhone is always somewhere near to me to capture all the fun and excitement of the year! So how about ‘Project 365’… I’ve seen lots of people doing this before – taking a photo on every day of a year. I…
View PostHotel – hates, likes and loves
I was idly thinking about an upcoming holiday as a means of getting through the working (weekend) day and had a flick through some photos of trip advisor of the hotels we’ve booked, everything is still looking just as it should which is always a relief! I’ve developed pet hates to hotels and…
View PostFavourite photos from 2013
This weeks #frifotos got me thinking about what are my favourite pictures from 2013… I found a few on Friday to share: But they were just the ones to hand on my iPhone! I’ve looked back through each trip we took this year to find some favourites… Jamaica was a good start to…
View PostMissing South Africa
It has been nearly 4 years since my last trip to South Africa…. Feel like a revisit needs planning!! Many great memories
View Post2013 in months – the best bits!
The end of my year is not as planned… today we should be enroute to Cornwall to see my Grandparents and to enjoy the outdoors and the Christmas lights in Mousehole, and some lovely Cornish pasties and ales. Instead I am under a blanket enjoying day nurse every 4 hours and lots of…
View PostTravel with work
Travel with work, I think I would normally fall on the side of saying it is over-rated!!! Sadly I don’t travel to “see” with work, but I travel to work (and see the inside of different office meeting rooms!!). But from time to time even that has its perks too! Too often the…
View PostFavourite places
I personally think that the hallmark of a good holiday is the wish to return to the same place, or to look for something similar in a new location hence reinventing something that you know is really good! I’m always happy if on the drive or flight home i’m trying to work out…
View PostWhen in Rome with Hilton…
In the past month I’ve had the need to stay in 3 of the 4 Hilton hotels in Rome! I could have been braver and used another hotel group, but there is something to be said for brand loyalty to keep up a tier rating!! It isn’t usual to stay in so many hotels of…
View PostWorking on a saturday
It’s a Saturday, it’s winter and I’m working. My feet are cold because I haven’t moved from my desk for far too long and it’s too early for a glass of wine if I want to get through the work I’ve still got on my to do list for today!! So my mind is…
View PostBeautiful Eze – relaxed Cote d’Azur
The south of France was quite the discovery – it isn’t all $$$$$ and it can be relaxing and rustic – thank goodness. We’d long put it to the bottom of the list for the reverse of those very accolades! We stayed at the Eze Hermitage, up the hill from Eze village (which…
View PostThe travel wishlist that keeps on growing!!!
We use Evernote to make lists about all sorts! But the best list is the list of places we want to travel to in the future! We’ve been lucky enough to visit and stay at places we’d always been interested in. One of those locations was South Africa which was always somewhere that seemed…
View PostJamaica in pictures
A stunning time in Jamaica this April, in pictures And now to to put the words to the pictures…. BA fly from Gatwick to the Caribbean. We’ve avoided Gatwick for years, T5 has become a bit of a safe haven and is 20mins from my parents house. However we were pleasantly surprised with…
View PostCornwall in the Autumn
See more of Cornwall at my flickr I’ve written about my love of Cornwall before, much of it related to my own mining heritage and exploring the county with my husband rather than just for short family visits to see my grandparents. This October we stayed at Umber, BoHo Cornwall – a 1…
View PostSame view – different months of the year!
Always nice to visit the same place time and again and see how the scenery changes! Llanddwyn, Anglesey May: November Cape Cornwall June October Southampton Common August December Mounts Bay August December
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Dreaming of 2014 travels already….
This time of year in the UK is a bit of a shock to the system! Wam bam – over the course of a few weeks it has gone from light evenings and moderate temperatures to being dark from about 4pm until 8am along with frozen windscreens! I’ve had to re-join the gym…
View PostWhat makes a trip tick – home and away
Anyone that has read what I’ve written on ALTB or triptease will know that I like the finer things, but to be honest, some of the most memorable trips haven’t been in 5* hotels – there is so much more to having an awesome break than spending $$$. That said, we’ve just booked…
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