day trip

Checking in, checking out: Three Choirs Vineyard, Newent

June 17, 2013
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Oh, British weather how I love thee. But us travellers don’t let a bit of damp putting us off imagining roaring sunshine. And in fact, if I was being really demanding, that was all I would have needed to make this getaway absolutely perfect. Last week, Mr TravelEachDay and I mini-breaked our way over to [...]

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5 Ways to Turn a Day Out Into a Holiday

May 20, 2013
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Like I always say, you don’t have to go anywhere exotic to travel in the truest sense of the word: for me, it’s more a state of mind than anything else. And when the local weather is on your side, the best thing you can do is get out there and see something new – [...]

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Top 10 things to do near Kensington High Street

May 9, 2013
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I went to university at London’s Imperial College, meaning that I was lucky enough to spend my first year in student halls which were grand (at least from the outside) red brick apartment buildings smack bang next to the Royal Albert Hall. It was a fantastic year and coupled with the excitement of starting university [...]

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Catch, cook, and eat your own salmon, New Zealand-style

May 7, 2013
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Today, Mr TravelEachDay made me a delicious smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel – perfect for this sunny and warm British weather. And it brought on one of those ‘do you remember when…’ moments: a brilliantly crisp memory of sinking my teeth into a freshly caught, perfectly smoked piece of salmon one afternoon on New [...]

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Touring Amsterdam with TripAdvisor’s City Guide

March 28, 2013
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Last weekend, I visited Amsterdam for the first time. I know, I know, after nearly three decades, it’s hard to believe I’ve never made it there before – especially during those university years. But there you have it. I didn’t have much time to plan and I knew our houseboat wouldn’t have WiFi – something [...]

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Tubing in Vang Vieng: a cautionary tale

February 20, 2013
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When I woke the morning after tubing the Nam Song River, I felt lucky to be alive. That’s a precious feeling we don’t get to experience enough, but I could have done without it. My legs were scratched and my body was bruised, my blood still pumped with substances I wasn’t too familiar with, but [...]

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Quirky shops in The Pantiles, Royal Tunbridge Wells

October 31, 2012

I recently enjoyed a girls’ weekend in the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells. Why there? Well, one of us generally closes our eyes and stabs a fingertip onto a map of the UK. This time was no different, so we ended up on a road trip out of London and down to this Kent [...]

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