Barmby Army: The Freaks, A 10 Year Journey With Lock In Lee and Jonny Blair featuring Nicky Barmby, Jonny Evans and Jack Barmby

Posted on April 30, 2014January 8, 2016 by Jonny Blair

Time for one of the most random posts ever on here. I’m not giving you a visa guide for Suriname, a backpacking overview of Taiwan or indeed how to get a farming job in the land down under. Life can freak you out sometimes. And in this case it’s a good thing. If you have Read more about Barmby Army: The Freaks, A 10 Year Journey With Lock In Lee and Jonny Blair featuring Nicky Barmby, Jonny Evans and Jack Barmby[…]

My Top 5 Backpacking Sights in London, England

Posted on April 11, 2014April 13, 2016 by Jonny Blair

Although it’s rare for me to write about backpacking or sightseeing in London, England the fact remains that I once spent a year working my ass off in London and it was only after leaving that job in 2007 (almost 7 years ago now) that I started this blog and became a more hardcore backpacker Read more about My Top 5 Backpacking Sights in London, England[…]

A Backpacker’s Guide to Camping in Cornwall, England

Posted on April 10, 2014February 19, 2015 by Jonny Blair

This post comes with a personal touch – having not just travelled through Cornwall, one of my best mates is Cornish and proud of it. It’s a great part of the world. In case you don’t know it, Cornwall is at the very western end of England and has beaches a-plenty, genteel towns and lots Read more about A Backpacker’s Guide to Camping in Cornwall, England[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: You Get Out of Life What You Put In

Posted on April 6, 2014May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

“You get out of life what you put in” – Katy Cook (Hull, England) Today’s Sunday’s Inspiration owes itself to one of my ex managers. Name checked: Katy Cook. From Hull in England. We worked together from 2006-2007 in London. I was a PR assistant for a global PR Agency called Bite Communications based at Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: You Get Out of Life What You Put In[…]

A Backpacker’s Guide To Buying a Home in Leicester, England

Posted on March 31, 2014May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

Exactly nine years ago this week, life took me to Leicester! It was a crazy journey from Warsaw to Loughborough and really early backpacking days for me. I was there attending a function as a University Student. Not just any function though – it was the National Student TV Awards and I collected 2 trophies Read more about A Backpacker’s Guide To Buying a Home in Leicester, England[…]

My Top 5 Backpacking Spots Not to Miss in England

Posted on March 27, 2014March 1, 2017 by Jonny Blair

Despite the fact I’ve only visited England twice in the last 5 years or so, I always have a fondness for it. I have lived, worked, studied, travelled and backpacked in England in a few different spots and I actually lived in 10 different flats there. I was living mainly in Bournemouth in Dorset but Read more about My Top 5 Backpacking Spots Not to Miss in England[…]

Watching Football in Manchester, England Without a Season Ticket

Posted on March 21, 2014May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

Time for another wee football post on Don’t Stop Living, and it comes from a city drenched in the sport…Manchester, England. I wrote about my trip to Old Trafford in 2005 before – on that occasion I watched Northern Ireland play England. Manchester is the home of two of England’s “best” (debatable at the time Read more about Watching Football in Manchester, England Without a Season Ticket[…]

Happiness Begins at Home, Is Travel All It Cracked Up To Be?

Posted on March 18, 2014May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

It’s often said we can spend our whole life in one place, but how well do we actually know it? We often take for granted our own tourist spots because they are just that, they are seen as tourist hotspots. We become that familiar with the idea of them that we dream more of further Read more about Happiness Begins at Home, Is Travel All It Cracked Up To Be?[…]