My visit to the smallest of the UN countries was a wash out…
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!
An overnight visit to Hakone
Doing the best bits of the Hakone loop twice, and an ill-fated quest for magical eggs…
Jet Lag: The Game
Following in the footsteps of my favourite competitive travellers.
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.
Yerevan, Armenia
Exploring Armenia’s capital, host to the extraordinary travel festival.
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.
Gallery: Chicago to the San Francisco Bay, by train
Arguably Amtrak’s most scenic route, the California Zephyr allows a great variety of landscapes to be sampled from the comfort of a lounge or sleeper car. Here’s some of what I experienced during a winter run with the snow often piled high!
Chicago to the San Francisco Bay, by train
I took on the entire 52 hour, 2400 mile journey from Chicago to Emeryville on the California Zephyr – but rather than one epic ride, I split it into six pieces across nine days. Here’s how those went.
A tour of the California Zephyr
A look at the three types of accommodation I tried during my journey – coach, a roomette, and the family bedroom – plus the communal areas on this superliner service.
Year in Review 2021
Another heavily disrupted year, but some hopes of a return to (new) normal.
Is the train in Spain better than the plane?
Trying out the high speed AVE services, in both first and standard class.