Around Mauritius
Port Louis After taking a road trip to the capital, Barry and were pretty happy that weren’t staying there. Initially, Barry was attracted by the existence of Coworking offices but Port Louis is a...
View ArticleBakeries and Beaches – Mauritius
Tamarin Would you believe it – our two favourite things in one place. Soon after we arrived in Flic en Flac we discovered the little village of Tamarind, about a 15 minute drive away. They had a...
View ArticleCycling the Caledonian Way – Sustrans Route 78
The Caledonian Way, Route 78 is lovely. Sustrans do an excellent job of finding fab quiet roads, and constructing off road paths. Caveat – my enjoyment was probably helped enormously by the...
View ArticleMidsummer Shetland
More cycling! I wanted to go as far north in the UK I could possibly get for my birthday on 21 June. And without flying. So, Barry and I took our bikes on the train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and …...
View ArticleLiving and Leaving Liverpool
With Barry running his own company, HappyPorch, it means I sometimes get to go to lots of interesting places when there’s a team meetup. Places like Madeira, Bulgaria, Porto, the French Alps, Morocco....
View ArticleKo Lanta Coworking Life
Family and work events have taken Barry and I directly between Australia and the UK in recent years, without exploring any of the many places in between. This year we were lucky to have a bit more...
View ArticleTouristing Ko Lanta
We’ve had two and a half lovely lazy weeks on Ko Lanta. Okay, they weren’t lazy, we were working. We just weren’t running all over the island ticking off the tourist bucket list. We were running and...
View ArticleAny Available Track…
When my travel exemption to leave Australia and return to Scotland was approved, my friend Emily told me that I should rename the blog ‘Any Available Track.’ Given that we’re still in the middle of a...
View ArticleHebridean Cycle Way
Scotland in the summer time means cycle trips. Usually with a waterproof. Unusually, this year, a waterproof was not needed. Such luck. Barry and I knew we wanted to do a week or so of cycling once...
View ArticleCycling the Coast & Castles North
For the last few years it seems that I make Barry go on at least one multiday cycle trip with me. This year, the weather forecast helped us choose the Sustrans Coast & Castles North, which largely...
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