A boardgame-inspired side quest as we made our way through Sweden.
A Trio of Tripoints
Touring the corners of Luxembourg, in search of the places where it meets a pair of neighbours at once.
Hotel Katajanokka
My birthday adventures ended with a night in prison.
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.
The puzzlepiece towns of Baarle Nassau and Baarle Hertog
Exploring the enclaves and counter-enclaves making up a complex Dutch/Belgian community.
JumboStay Arlanda
I couldn’t resist the opportunity for one more night on a 747 – even if it wouldn’t take me anywhere!
Stockholms Tunnelbana
Exploring the world’s longest art gallery – Stockholm’s metro.
A Cosmic Day Trip
Searching for soviet space science in the mountains of Armenia.
Three countries in ten seconds – the Drielandenpunt
Visiting a curiosity of the map of Europe, a ‘triple point’ where Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet – by e-bike.
Limburg, The Netherlands
A holiday with Dutch friends introduced me to a new part of the country: Limburg, the southernmost province.
Farewell Fokker 70
My first – and probably last – experience of a Fokker 70, on KLM’s farewell flight marking retirement of the fleet.
Europe, South to North
Overview of my travels this summer, exploring Europes extremes from sand dunes to glaciers!
Gallery: Pyramiden
Photos from the Russian ghost town of Pyramiden.
A tour of Pyramiden
In a long-abandoned soviet mining settlement 79 degrees north, Lenin is locked in a staring match with a glacier…
Visiting Svalbard
The remote arctic island of Svalbard – or, at least, its main settlement Longyearbyen, is not as inaccessible as you might imagine! Here’s what lured me there, how I managed to visit, and what I got up to whilst I was in town.
Gallery: The British Airways 737 Farewell Flight
A photographic record of the BA 737’s farewell flight.
The British Airways 737 Farewell Flight
I was lucky enough to get a last minute seat on the last passenger flight of G-DOCW, a staff-only low level sightseeing flight around the south coast of England.
Gallery: British Airways Explore and Discover Day
A look behind the scenes at BA engineering.
Designpanoptikum
Berlin’s surreal museum for industrial objects.