Inspiration. Travel. Life.
Two nights in Bangkok. A potential follow-up to the Chess original that in our case would feature fewer board games and more night markets and questionable taxi drivers. I was intrigued by Bangkok and all its brash grandeur but had a strong sense it wasn’t going to be somewhere I’d have a desire to spend a prolonged period …
Short of wine and full of itchy feet, we last month decided to book a 24 (ish) hour trip away to France. Blissfully unaware of any impending football tournaments and knowing that the main purpose of this trip was to solve afore mentioned issues (as well as celebrate a Birthday/anniversary) we picked Lille as our destination for …
Mountain walking– because nothing says British bank holiday like the great outdoors, torrential rain and zero visibility in the Brecon Beacons.
Northern Italy may not seem like an obvious destination for a winter weekend break. In fact, until we were invited to visit the alleged culinary capital of Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, it had not even been remotely on my radar to visit during the cold days of January. Thanks to the last weekend you can colour me converted. After …
90 minutes away from London town lies Birmingham. In Birmingham lies the pentahotel. And in the pentahotel lies seven floors of an establishment where laid back luxury meets industrial chic. A place that’s just begging to be enjoyed and photographed. Is there anything better than checking into a hotel that positively oozes the kind of …
I love nothing more than the rare decadence of staying in hotels. And when I say staying I mean checking in early, using all the facilities and later abusing the easy access bar. Last weekend we did exactly that during a short trip to Birmingham. Believe it or not, the purpose of this trip was …