Hiking around various locations on the main island, including the highest point, Heabhal; plus a quick look at Kisimul Castle.
Walkhighlands routes on Android
Loading Walkhighlands routes onto a device for convenient mapping even without mobile signal!
BRR, The beach airport
Photos of Barra airport and the Twin Otter, plus on-board video of landing and takeoff at the beach!
Trip Report: The big win, big science, and a big storm
Full report on my 2013Q4 project: chasing IHG’s Big Win promotion.
Visiting CERN
Big science at CERN: The Universe of Particles, Microcosm, and a chance to get a bit further behind the scenes at ATLAS.
Gallery: Geneva 2013
As an almost-birthday treat (and as part of my Big Win project) I visited Geneva for a Marian Call concert at CERN. Here’s some photographic highlights!
Room walkthrough: Yotel
A 30 second video tour of a standard Yotel cabin, Heathrow. Read more [...]
The Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri
Burning 90% of my Hilton balance in advance of a devaluation got me just one night at the Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri, a property normally far outside my cash budget. Of course, I then had to build a short holiday around this highlight… So, is it worth it?
Room walkthrough: The Waldorf Astoria Rome Cavalieri
Video Walkthrough of my room at the Cavalieri. Read more [...]
Gallery: Rome
Highlights from the tourist trail during my first visit to Rome, June 2013.
Snippets of Zurich
A few thoughts from my notebook collected during my trip to Zurich, October 2012.
Gallery: Zurich
Photos from my first visit to Zurich.
Trip Report: the FT advantage
My luxury-holiday-on-a-budget, to Gibraltar in Club via a 5* London hotel.
Gallery: Gibraltar
Summertime on the Rock.
Trip Report: one seat, two classes
Flyertalk report of my trip to Assisi: standard class rail in the UK, economy and business flights between London and Rome, the BA lounge at FCO, and first class rail travel in Italy.
Gallery: Assisi
A few sights from my academic trip to Assisi, March 2012
Bristol Ballooning
Bristol is famed for its hot air balloons, and this year I was able to see the fiesta from my house, and then my house from a balloon!
Gallery: Malta and Comino
Discovering the cities and scenery of Malta – plus Comino’s bue lagoon.
Gallery: Gozo
A day trip to Malta’s second island.
European Easter
A summary of my Scandinavian wanderings: EDI-OSL-AES-OSL-CPH-LGW on Norwegian, then home via Cambridge.