On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
“Rainy Summertime” – Noel Gallagher. Even before my trip to The Maldives in 2025, I had self monikered it the “Rainy Summertime Tour“, inspired by a lost Oasis track. One that Noel Gallagher wrote but never released. I had heard The Maldives were some kind of a “paradise”, this turned out to be excrement as Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives💩: Top 11 Unexpected Aspects To Male, The Capital City[…]
Europe is the modern home of football. Players aspire to play in Europe, fans all over the globe tune into European football, and arguably the most iconic stadiums are in Europe (sorry, South America). With countries like England, Italy, France, Spai,n and Germany dominating the continent with exquisite football and scintillating atmospheres that will make Read more about Five stadiums you have to visit in Europe and how to get tickets[…]
In 1995 Bangor FC deliberately lost their final game 2–0 away at rivals Ards in order to secure promotion to the new Premier League (NIPL, Northern Irish Premier League). If Bangor had DRAWN or WON that match, they would have been relegated to the second tier (Division One). It might seem bizarre, but that’s exactly Read more about The Day Bangor FC🟡🔵 Deliberately Lost 2-0 To Get Promoted To The Premier League⚽[…]
“The masses against the classes” – Manic Street Preachers. I have worked out that there are actually at least 36 British countries to visit, I drafted this up but I am sure it will change. Of course, this varies depending on your definition of a country. I know some people who have counted all 35 Read more about Backpacking In British Lands🇬🇧: How Many British🇬🇧Countries Are There?[…]
Welcome to the latest interview in my World Travellers series, which started back in 2012. Today we meet Sally from Elsewhere And Beyond, sharing stories dating way back to communist Soviet Union days… Who are you? Hi, I’m Sal, I’m 54, and have been married to Jim for 25 years. I’ve been travelling independently since I Read more about World Travellers: Sally from Elsewhere & Beyond[…]
“Rainy Summertime” – Noel Gallagher. As the days, weeks, months and years go on, we start to run out of time in life and lose our ambitions and goals. I know that it won’t be possible for anyone to ever visit every country in the world that everyone recognises – I have counted 626 countries Read more about Rainy🌧☔💦Summertime☀︎🌞: My July 2025 Writing✍️🧑🏻💻Dream To 4 New Islands🏝️[…]
Welcome to the latest interview in my World Travellers series, which started back in 2012. Here, we are blessed to meet and read all about Klaudia, whose blog has an intriguing magical name, “Map Of Clouds“. Dream it all up and get out to see the world, and let Klaudia share with us her little Read more about World Travellers: Klaudia From Map Of Clouds[…]
“Those little grey cells” – Hercule Poirot. In 2015 for the first time in my life, I backpacked through Lithuania, visiting Kaunas, Pažaislis Monastery, Vilnius, Siauliai, Kryziu Kalnas and even the Republic of Uzupis (“the sink is full of fishes, she’s got dirty dishes on the brain” – Noel Gallagher) It was my first time Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Murdering A Poirot Beer🥸༻࿓🍺 In The Agatha Christie Themed “Puaro” Bar, Vilnius, Lithuania🇱🇹[…]
I asked Chat GPT “Who is starogard Girl?” and this is what they said… ChatGPT said: “Starogard Girl” is a term coined by Northern Irish travel writer Jonny Blair. It refers to a Polish woman he met in Starogard Gdański, a town in northern Poland. The story of their relationship — including meeting, falling in Read more about Who Is Starogard Girl?🌟🏰🩷👱♀️ According To Chat GPT…[…]
“An extraordinary guy can never have an ordinary day” – Noel Gallagher. During Christmas 2024 I finally hit the 230 mark of recognised countries I have backpacked through, the latest piece of that wacaday jigsaw fell on unassuming Central African Republic. Of those 230, some of those countries I have only been to once. But Read more about One Hit Wonders: The First 7 Countries I Went To ONCE And Never Returned To[…]