Blogs from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

It's 'Adventure Time' again! Perhaps not as epic as the seven weeks in the Antipodes earlier this year, but epic nevertheless. Those who know me well, will be aware that since I left the world of banking nine years ago, I have developed (along with five other fellow 'crazy people') a passion for long distance walking. This started four years ago, when we tackled the legendary, 200 mile, 'Coast to Coast' trek from the West Coast location of St. Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, on the East Coast. Since then, we have successfully completed two other hikes of around 100 miles in the North of England, including the Dales Way last year, from Ilkley to Bowness on Windemere. But, my friends, this year is a little different. This year our merry ... read more

Finances = Green Fitness = Red Relationship = Green Arguments = Zero (& “no” David, we didn’t go opposite ways around!) Well, here we are. After 12 weeks in the Southern Hemisphere we finally crossed the equator and moved back into the Northern Hemisphere on our way to Miami. (Can I just mention the breakfast on our American Airlines flight from Rio to Miami? What are we supposed to do with a bread roll and no butter, jam or equivalent spread? It was appalling. And we also had to purchase alcohol. We are never travelling AA again!!!!) But despite our lack of breakfast we arrived in Miami at 5 in the morning to 20-degree heat. Luckily the car we picked up had air conditioning and we were soon heading towards our (luxurious and last) hotel on ... read more