Let's face it. You've got a week to explore the whole of Wales. Where do you start to get a good feel of Wales as a country? As I said in my previous post, when I fell in love with Pen Y Fan – the highest mountain in Brecon Beacons National Park, I realised that the best feature...

'Croeso i Gymru' Tom and I cheered as we entered Wales and travelled thusly into Brecon Beacons National Park. We had just enjoyed a delightful stay in St Briavels just over the border in England and now we are kick-starting our Welsh Wanders in the fabled and mysterious land just west...

Staying in England's Most Haunted Castle and frolicking nearby at the Forest of the Dean, St Briavels also offers charming and picturesque village life. This Village has undergone a decline in the last 5 years with shops, restaurants and even local services disappearing. All that's...

  Aside from getting scared in the most haunted castle of England, it's not said that there isn't anything to do in the Forest of the Dean where St Briavels is based. In fact, there's absolutely hundreds of activities to test your nerve, steel, wonderment, creativity and...

When Tom of Tomarhawk offered a chance to stay in St Briavels, the most haunted castle in England, I just leapt at it with bells on. Other than meeting like-minded backpackers at this VSO Social Event, we would be staying a three night weekend at the most haunted castle of England. Now,...

‘…absolutely the most useful app that I utilized…(incomprehensible)…do you know what I mean?’ a leading travel blogger explained to a nodding group of fellow travel bloggers. I didn’t nod. Yet I was in the thick of it as a deaf travel blogger. With a tried and tested...

When I headed out to Bridlington for the day, I came across this delightful yet quirky cafe yards from the sea front. The Rowan Tree is inspired and managed by power couple, Emma and Harry who declares that their passion for food is derived from locally sourced suppliers maintaining a...

What do you think of when you think New York? Statue of Liberty? Times Square? Empire State Building? Or perhaps even the hit series Friends? And did you ever want to think to go there? Well here’s your chance! Harrods in partnership with Winged Boots, in celebration of The Summer is...

Stepping in the blustery wind as I disembarked from the platform of the East Yorkshire Bus, a seagull squawked at me from the bus stop sign. A smack of sea salt in the air rubbed my cheeks while I took in my first deep breath of the faint fish smell that lingered in this shellfish based minor...

Before I went on my RTW travels, I could be often found stalking other travel blogs but what really interested me was the travel blogger behind the witticisms of their writing. Who are they? Are they real? Are they fit? So hence, for a long time coming, I wanted to do some travel blogging...

India is one of the countries I really want to go to within the next year. I have an Indian friend and I keep forcing him to take me there but he won’t. I suspect he wants a piece to himself. Or that he’s embarrassed by me. Or both. Anyway, I asked Atish of Thriliophilia to tell me...

When I was attending the Traverse 13 Travel Blogging Conference (which is awesome by the way), in Brighton, I took advantage of downloading some apps onto iPhone as a result of Kirsten Alana’s talk on Mobile Photography. This is iPhoneography! Using Snapseed, a free photo app, I went on...

Leaving to go to Spain in 3 weeks, I’m getting a little tres excited. But I really need to get into fifth gear to plan out WHERE I should go in Spain after landing in Madrid. Cordoba? Grenada? Valencia? I asked patrick of Beat The Brochure to give me some advice and he reckons I should...

Ascending the stairs, I was literally gobsmacked at the view before me. Smiling to myself, I knew I’d be having a great weekend in Brighton and I’ve only been in the town for less than an hour. Setting my bag on the floor, I pinched myself thinking this would all be a dream. I...

‘Wow, Traverse13 just gets more AWESOME every hour…’ an overheard loud whisper was hissed in the main hall of the Clarendon Centre in Brighton where a new Travel Blogging Conference, Traverse, has just exploded on the blogging scene. Like the Big Bang, Traverse grew and grew...

Knowing myself, I love to do a rexy edventure and of course, you have to do all the touristy adventures to make you feel like you at a particular place. Patrick of Beat the Brochure guest posts about the amazing camel rides in Egypt. Don’t worry, don’t get the hump if you’ve...

Your best country?   ‘Rex! What was your favourite country this year?’   This question was punted over to me in London when I watched a rather violent game of table foosball in the middle of a pub. Wincing at the issue that the girls were beating the boys, I turned round...

Returning from Brazil after the Carnival celebrations, I was feeling very positive that plenty more travels awaited for me. I professed a desire to travel plenty in Europe and perhaps even go further afield. I was truly looking forward to the next 2 months.   By the end of February, I had...

1st August 2011 – German Beer, Cars, Sausages for my Birthday!   Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! I’m 26 today! Guess what I got for my Birthday? Sadly, it’s not this BMW that i went to visit at their factory during my time there. But here I am in munich with...

31st July 2011 – Getting to Grips with Arts and Culture in Munich   After a hectic 2 days of touring Dachau Memorial and a Sound of Music Experience in Salzburg culminating in a fantastic Take That Concert, you will agree that a relaxed day was needed. And it was a Sunday so really...