Bordeaux: The land of wine and cheese

This year we chose to spend our summer holiday in France. As with most holidays, food, drink and some good thermal springs or spas are always high up on the priority list when deciding where to go. I'm not sure where the idea came from, however when we started researching Bordeaux: the land of wine …

The not-so-hot waters of Leith Hill, Surrey

Last weekend, inspired by Daniel Start's Wild Swimming, we piled into the car with the newlywed Mr and Mrs KL and headed out of London to the greenery of Surrey in search of some wild waters. Now when I hear the term "wild swimming" I instantly think long grass, clear blue waters and most importantly, …

Tying the knot

Inspired by lots of artsy blogs and websites, RBJ and I decided we were going to make our own wedding Save the Dates. And I'm not going to lie - we were pretty pleased with the result!  We ordered the brown paper, envelopes and twine online from Amazon and booked in an evening after work …

Ma’in Springs, Jordan

In our last few days in the Dead Sea, we heard about these local hot springs which were meant to have incredible therapeutic powers. So on our second to last day, we got in the car and went to explore. After a long, steep drive up a winding road into the mountains, we came upon the sign …