A luxury hotel proved an agreeable base for my explorations of 2024’s second new country.
Year in Review 2023
Sizing up another busy year of travel.
Around the world with Finnair and JAL
Between Finland and Japan I was able to try each nation’s flag carrier – and circumnavigate the globe!
Bern 2023: IFSC World Championships
Another climbing-inspired trip to Switzerland, this time for the World Championships.
Three nights in… The Hague
An overdue return to the Netherlands, and a bit more of Belgium.
Three nights in… Stockholm
An unusual return to Sweden, exploring a series of tunnels and tubes in Stockholm.
ETF: The flights
Yerevan the long way: LHR-DXB-EVN-DXB-CDG-LHR on a mix of BA, Flydubai and Air France.
Two nights in… Oslo
The chance to join Norse Atlantic’s first flight from London to Oslo seemed an ideal excuse to revisit one of my favourite countries.
36 hours in… Boise, Idaho
A brief side-trip from Salt Lake City let me claim another US State – my seventh new one of the year.
Salt Lake City
With Salt Lake City hosting four climbing word cups on back-to-back weekends, I returned for a second visit in 2022.
Two nights in… Meiringen
Reviving a travel plan from 2020, I headed to Switzerland for the first bouldering world cup of the season.
Chicago – the flights
Comparing BA’s new Club Suite to the familiar Club World; plus first class on Alaska Airlines.
Year in Review 2021
Another heavily disrupted year, but some hopes of a return to (new) normal.
The A380 (re)familiarisation flights
An oversized return to BA, joining one of a special series of flights to Madrid.
Three nights on… The Isle of Man
Keen to fly, but not to navigate the cost and complexity of COVID rules, I made my way to a relatively obscure part of Britain (but not the UK): the Isle of Man.
Year in Review 2020
An overview of my very limited travel in 2020.
Year in Review 2019
Where and how I found myself travelling in 2019.
Two nights in… Salzburg
An overview of my Club Europe flights and sightseeing in Salzburg; plus a luxury hotel that didn’t quite hit the mark.
Year in Review 2018
Looking back at 2018’s travels by crunching the numbers.
Malta, the long way: LGW-MLA-FCO-AMS-BRS
Uncooperative schedules and living outside London meant a four flight round trip to Malta – involving four different airlines and four different countries!