Busy Broadcasting and More Travel

Hi There It's been a while since I've checked in on my website. I've been doing weekly podcasts with Ivan Yates on the Hard Shoulder and am still Travel Pundit on The Elaine Show on Virgin Media one. I've also been on a couple of lovely trips. In February I went to cornwall - see my mini movie here And at the end of last year I took a road trip with my Dad to Easte...
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Put Canada on your Bucket List for 2017!

WOW air have opened up the skies for European travellers with cheap connections to the USA and Canada. I tried them out with the kids who have very clear ideas about what they like on a flight. After a short stop-off in Reykjavik which took two hours the second leg of the journey to Montreal took five hours. A short cab ride later and we were at the trendy urban Hotel Zero1...
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Travels with Charley and the Travel Media Awards in Dublin!

I was rooting through some books that I haven't finished because of my travels and I came across the very wonderful Travels with Charley by none other than the brilliant John Steinbeck. I bought my copy while I was at the authors family home, pictured above, in the town of Salinas, California. My children posed patiently while I ranted and and raved my way around the house wh...
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The Novel Traveller News

I've just turned the final pages of the book I've been reading for the last few weeks. 'Us' by David Nicholls called out to me from the shelves of the Hotel Paradise's library on the beautiful island of koh Yao nao in Thailand. As I was a big fan of his book 'One Day' I was really looking forward to reading 'US'. I had every intention of putting it back before leaving, but ...
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Discover Fall Foliage in New England

                                                                                                                                                                                                             New perspectives of New England’s legendary Fall foliage I am a big fan of this beautiful part of the United States and Boston is possibly one of my favourite cities in the ...
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