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Peak District
It was time to get out into the wilderness and take some hikes across the rolling hills of the Peak District. Just 20 miles from Manchester central the sprawling uplands offer an opportunity to get back to nature and take in some stunning vistas across farmlands, moors, villages and outcrops….
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Dover Cliffs and Castle
Just 7 miles from Folkestone, Dover has plenty to see for those on the tourist trail. Walking across the top of the white cliffs is something I’d always wanted to do, the hike to the lighthouse took about an hour and offered some spectacular vantage points on the cliff edge….
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Folkestone and Canterbury
It was time to get back down to the coast to Folkestone where we would be based for a couple of weeks. We spent the time exploring the town, and taking a trip on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway which ended up in a bleak and windswept Dungeness; it…
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East Coast Caravanning
Taking advantage of off season accommodation deals we took a break and headed northeast into Anglia and Great Yarmouth for a few days at the Hotpon Holiday Park. Caravan parks are not really my thing but at under 30 quid a night for a brand new three bedroom unit we…
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London Calling
After such a great trip to the UK last year I vowed to return and bring the family this year for a couple of months. No greater introduction to the motherland would beat a trip to London so we gambled on the spring weather and jumped on the Tube at…
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A weekend camping at Kaeng Krachan
We decided to make use of the long weekend by getting on the road again with a truck full of tents, camping gear, fishing rods, three days food supplies, an esky of beer, and a paddle board. Since we usually travel south it was decided to venture north for this…
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Bangsaphan town to coast kayak trip
I don’t think anyone has attempted this before so four intrepid adventurers set off from a bridge over the road opposite Bangsaphan hospital and kayaked the river through town and out to the ocean, ending the 15 or so kilometer journey at Coco Bar. Along the way we witnessed a…
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New Year beach camping trip
Seeing in 2017 away from it all on a secluded beach with a couple of tents, paddle board, kayak, fishing rods and barbecue. No parties, no crowds, phone signals, no wifi, no video games, no freakin facebook – what could be better!?
Flooding in Bangsaphan
JAN 9, 2017: A month later Bangsaphan floods again after a week of rain … DEC 6, 2016: Three days of solid torrential rain, high tides and some lemon opening the local dam resulted in some of the worst flooding the area has seen for a decade. The video and…
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A week through southern Thailand
Schools were closed for half term so it was time to wrench the kids away from the wifi and get on the road. This was our first unplanned trip where we booked nothing and just rocked up from day to day at different places, stopping along the way if we…
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Java, Yogyakarta
We had planned to do very little on our first day in Yogyakarta (pronounced locally as Jogja), so the pool at the Puri Pangeran hotel made a good excuse for just that. In the afternoon we took a walk to Malioboro Street which is the main tourist strip for shopping….
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Java, Mount Bromo
After speaking to other travellers who had done the hikes we decided to avoid the crowds on jeep tours at the lookout point and make our way across the “black sand sea” to Bromo itself for sunrise. The National Park fees for foreigners were steep to say the least at…
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Java, Cemoro Lawang
The Bromo Tengger National Park is a pain to get to and from so we did a little research online and mulled the idea of using one of the many tour companies that offered overnight trips there. As with anything booked online in Indonesia the prices quoted were outrageous; between…
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Java, Surabaya
My Thai bank cards were useless outside of Thailand so we’d booked a flight via an agent on Gili Air from Lombok to Java with Lion Air for 1.2 million Rupiah (plus 15% agent commission). The ride to the airport took under an hour and by early afternoon we’d landed in…
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Indonesia, Lombok
Again, boat rides and any form of transport involving westerners is heavily regulated and accordingly price hiked. We booked a boat over to Lombok and van ride down the coast to the resort town of Sengiggi for 300k for the four of us. Before we even landed on the beach…
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