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December 23, 2021December 23, 2021

Mountains, Malts and…Elk steak?

USA

Colorado was our third summer trip in just two months (after Chicago and Vegas) and my 17th State. It promised to be a great trip with mountains and beer featuring prominently on the itinerary. To boot, we had Danielle’s best friend Melissa and her husband, Stephen, as our excellent local tour guides.

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Tagged beer, boat, breckenridge, colorado, estes park, hiking, lake, moose, rocky mountains, walking
August 19, 2021December 23, 2021

Vegas? Casinos, no. Road Trip, yes.

USA

Back in June, we found ourselves somewhere neither of us really wanted to be. Las Vegas. So we hired a car and took a mini road trip from Vegas, west to the Grand Canyon.

I had flown into Las Vegas to join Danielle who had already been there for a few days with work. Her team were representing a new hotel/casino, Resorts World, which was opening on the strip. I’ve never had much interest in visiting Vegas, nowhere close to the top of the list of places to visit, but when opportunity strikes…

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Tagged arizona, casinos, grand canyon, hoover dam, las vegas, nevada, road trip
February 21, 2021December 21, 2021

Quarantine in Paradise

Caribbean

14 days in the Caribbean sun? Or, 14 days in the bitterly cold New York winter? Could be a hard choice, or no choice at all. In more ways than one!

I’d just dropped Danielle off at Heathrow and was on the way home when I realised I had a missed call from Danielle. My first thought was, did Danielle leave her passport? Or, maybe the flight was delayed/cancelled? But then wouldn’t there be more panicked signs? Multiple missed calls, a text message? Maybe it was a butt/pocket dial.  

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Tagged beach, caribbean, covid, pool, st lucia, sunset, swimming, work remote
January 23, 2021March 20, 2022

England raised, New England engaged

USA

The beating Mediterranean sun, golden beaches, rugged hiking trails, French wine, and fresh seafood. That was the idea. We’d celebrate a friend’s wedding in Toulouse then travel onto Corsica to enjoy a summer holiday…and our engagement. Unfortunately, all plans got postponed.

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Tagged brewery, cape cod, engagement, lighthouse, martha vineyard, nauset lighthouse, new england, newport, proposal, rhode island
August 2, 2020August 2, 2020

ATM caves, a must-do adventure

Central and South America

Things kept on getting better after we left Caye Caulker. The next stop was San Ignacio, our home for a couple of days. The location wasn’t particularly astounding, barring a local market across the road and the Macal River bordering another town, it was mostly devoid of things to note. Yet, from this town, we were less than an hour away from one of my trip highlights—Actun Tunichil Muknal, or in less tongue twisty terms: ATM caves.

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Tagged atm caves, belize, caves, river, san ignacio, wading
July 4, 2020July 4, 2020

Rediscovering New York as lockdown eases

NYC coronavirus lockdown

If all had gone to plan, we would have just completed our French vacation/holiday, and I would be in England right now. As it is, like so many things, the trip has been postponed. With most holiday plans out of the question this year, I decided to use some days off for a staycation With New York reopening from the lockdown it’s a better time to take off. With the offices closed on Friday, I took Tues-Thurs off to get six days in a row for the price of three. It’s been a great chance to get some runs and cycle rides in, as well enjoy as much football as I can soak in with the resumption of the Premier League. Ah, and work on this blog!

A couple of highlights from recent runs
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Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, fish n chips, Football, New York, reopening, restaurants, staycation, vacation
June 20, 2020December 23, 2021

An upstate retreat for some ‘normalcy’

New York NYC coronavirus lockdown USA
Ashokan Rail Trail walking path among trees

We’ve been back three of weeks now, a weird few weeks. When we left the city as still firmly in lockdown, the streets were deserted, and we were getting groceries delivered and left outside our door. A lot of things changed while we were upstate: cases went down a lot, the state started reopening in certain areas, summer arrived and George Floyd was killed. I’ve already reflected a bit on that first week back with the protests, riots and curfew. My next post will be a chance to reflect more on what the city is like now we’re back but I’ll look back at our couple of weeks upstate here.

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Posted in New York, NYC coronavirus lockdown, USA
Tagged bbq, brewery, catskills, coronavirus, covid-19, hiking, mountains, reservoir, upstate
June 4, 2020December 23, 2021

A Pandemic in a Pandemic

New York USA

This is something I wrote late on Monday, was going to post on Tuesday but #blackouttuesday needed a voice of silence. Now I’m posting on Thursday evening. Protests continue, the curfew has been moved up to 8pm, some looting and rioting continues across New York and the country. Several shops near us were broken into and now boarded up, but unlike earlier this week I don’t hear any sirens or people outside right now (11.30pm).

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Posted in New York, USA
Tagged black lives matter, blackouttuesday, curfew, New York, protests, riots
May 19, 2020May 19, 2020

Escape to the Country

NYC coronavirus lockdown
View of Manhattan from 59th Street Bridge
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Tagged bonfire, car rental, catskills, coronavirus, countryside, driving, long weekend, New York, vacation
May 8, 2020May 10, 2020

Looking for escapes

NYC coronavirus lockdown

It’s Friday evening, one craft beer down, Indian on the way and music on. Not a bad start to the weekend.

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Posted in NYC coronavirus lockdown
Tagged bbq, book launch, cinco de mayo, concert, coronavirus, england, gig, New York, politics, tv shows

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Final recap from the holidays. Good to see you all Final recap from the holidays. Good to see you all!

Special mention to @elviodegabriele , great to share a pint finally after what 18 ish years!? Thanks for the wine reccos too!

#england #malta
The idea was to do one post for all the places fro The idea was to do one post for all the places from the last three weeks and another for the people.. In the end this is only Maltese places,  the architecture had me gandering more than expected during the gallivanting around the island.

More to follow for the people and other places from the trip..

#malta #mdina  #valetta #silema #streets #architecture
A weekend fall getaway to Mystic. Lots of apple re A weekend fall getaway to Mystic. Lots of apple related activities, delicious food, quaint town and brilliant autumnal colours. And an unexpected rental car. 

#mystic #connecticut #fall #autumn #applepicking #cider
We had this thing a couple of months ago. About ti We had this thing a couple of months ago. About time I shared some of the highlights!

#foxyfiesta #wedding #cotswolds
Finally caught up. One of the highlights of the su Finally caught up. One of the highlights of the summer so far, a lovely family trip to Cornwall. One of the bonuses of getting stuck in England with visa stuff, a bonus jaunt down to the south coast. Beaches, walks, art, storms. #cornwall #walking #coastpath #porthleven #lizardpoint
Continuing to catch-up...another excellent stag do Continuing to catch-up...another excellent stag do.Stately homes, dodgy t-shirts and of course a castle... 

And apparently IG screwing up the photo format...

#bainsstag #stagdo #statelyhomes #chesterfield #hardwickhall #chatsworthhouse
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