Creating memories through travel and adventure
August 24, 2025
Verona is in Northern Italy in the Lombardy region and is an absolutely stunning city with tons of history. But to add some “grappa to the caffè” of this amazing city, it sits very linearly, with Lake Garda a mere… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2025
Lovere is yet another of the Borghi piu belli di Italia (The most beautiful towns of Italy). I mean, the photo above would be reason enough to allow Lovere into the club, but there is definitely more. What can I… Continue Reading…
August 5, 2025
Since discovering the “Borghi piu belli d’Italia” when we visited Correno Plinio, we have been very keen to visit more of the 313 villages given the accolade (meaning “the most beautiful villages of Italy”), so we decided on a short… Continue Reading…
August 8, 2024
Torno is in the middle part of Lake Como, the Lariana Triangolo and I had a birthday to celebrate. So what better excuse for a few nights away. I may have mentioned this before, I love food; eating out,… Continue Reading…
July 5, 2024
We’re still working our way down the west of Lake Como and on this side our last explore was of Lenno and the beautiful Villa Balbianello. Moving south takes us to Ossuccio, Sala Comacina and Colonno. It’s possible to travel… Continue Reading…
January 1, 2024
Half Dome in Yosemite. Taken from Mirror Lake. It’s New Year in the UK and as usual we haven’t had a very “Christmassy” looking festive period…i.e. no snow. So for all those lovers of the white stuff who have little… Continue Reading…
April 14, 2023
So, Death Valley. As ever I did little research before arriving (Jackie is the researcher of the team). I knew it would be arid, dry and hot. Yep, that’s about it. A few Death Valley facts Death Valley is… Continue Reading…
January 15, 2023
Cerro Chirripó – Costa Rica’s Highest Mountain Cerro Chirripó stands at 3821m, that’s 12,532 feet! Let me put that into perspective…pretty much 4 times higher than England’s highest, Scafell Pike. 8,000 feet is the starting point for altitude sickness, so… Continue Reading…
December 2, 2022
From the moment we arrived in Campbell River I knew this was going to be a slick operation. Seamless transportation and hotel room check-in, an excellent dinner recommendation and detailed information on the morning plans to catch the sea-plane (Float… Continue Reading…
