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Just a note to say this Thames Lido review has been updated in October 2022, following my most recent visit. The Thames Lido opened its…
Usually by the time New Year rocks up I feel as though it was only yesterday that we were pulling party poppers and eating our…
One of my favourite things about spending time with local people when travelling is that you always end up seeing a different side to a…
It would be completely remiss of me to write about my trip to Berlin and not mention the food. As soon as we arrived in…
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I know I’m always going on about how anyone can take a grown up gap year, no matter what their circumstances and I absolutely love…
A trip wouldn’t be a trip without me banging on about the food and during a break from reporting on #ZambiaHealth, I got the chance…
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It’s Friday and time for another edition of It Could Only Happen To Me – the weekly series where I feature those travel mishaps which…
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I think when you travel in a country where you don’t speak the language you kind of accept that you’re probably going to eat a…
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One of the suggestions on my list – by someone who is clearly trying to prolong my fun – is to visit places which begin…