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From City of Joy to Experiencing Ashram Life . . .

Leaving Goa and arriving in Kolkata is like finishing afternoon tea and biscuits with your elderly aunt and then finding yourself at an all-night dance party.We arrived in the “City of Joy” in the early evening and caught a taxi to our hotel in the New...

From Stoke on Trent to the Beaches of North Goa

We departed Snowdonia after 9 magic days and made our way to Heathrow via Stoke on Trent, where we stayed for two nights. Hmmm not quite sure what to say about Stoke on Trent. It’s famous for its pottery works but probably not much else. There was a bit of an...

Snowdonia – majestic, but not exactly a tropical paradise . . .

Snowdonia is majestic with towering mountains, lakes, fast flowing streams and waterfalls – but you don’t come here for a tan.It was a short drive across from the Lake District to the village of Bethesda at the northern tip of Snowdonia National Park....

My Geordie roots . . .

​Before this trip I had never been to Newcastle, albeit I did have an opportunity whilst working in London in the early 90s. The Insurance company I was working for underwrote risk in the business sector and my role was to accompany the underwriters to assess...