It was a welcome and sentimental return to the island of Jersey recently as I headed to their capital city, St. Helier for a weekend. I stayed overlooking the sea, at the Ommaroo Hotel and…
Take a more unusual backpacking trip to the fantastic Channel Islands, you don’t get as many backpackers and global travellers here and the region is a complete breath of fresh air. This magical set of islands…
I have spoken about my time touring the Channel Islands before and the magic of it will never leave me. Islands like Herm and Sark are just truly remote travel gems that had me totally…
“We could sit by a lonely windowpane, We can walk the streets of my life while they still remain” – Noel Gallagher. Herm is yet another magical island from my journeys on this planet. It…
“From feudal serf to spender, this wonderful world of purchase power” – Richey James Edwards. I love Sark. It’s just a magical dream like island. No public transport. No major advertising. No worries or stress.…
I got to do the Channel Islands on the cheap a few years back. Hotel discounts, boat discounts and travelling there almost every day for 6 months while working as a Steward for Condor Ferries!…
“The telex writers clattered where the gunships once had been” – Donald Walker. In my series of “The Day I…”, I detail random stories from my decade of nomadery. I spent two summers working on…
When you move around a lot, you jobs change often and perhaps the best job I ever had was when I worked on ferries – being paid to travel must be good! So this week’s…
I was thinking about all the islands I’ve visited and trying to narrow it down to the best ones, but I just couldn’t so I’ll compile a few different lists to sum them up in…
Herm is a glorious island to visit. With a population of just 55 and no motorised transport permitted (except for a tractor) this was an amazing place to visit. The only realistic way to get…