The Cotswolds is a part of the country I’ve never visited, so at the end of 2015 I thought it was about time I explored this medieval part of England. I booked a weekend break with Travelzoo before Christmas, which included a one-night stay, breakfast and three-course dinner at the grand Dumbleton Hall, which is located near […]
Updated August 2021. Tignes is an absolute gem of a ski resort. Over the past ten seasons, I’ve been to Tignes four times, so I thought I’d share some of the activities and things to do in the resort this winter. Tignes (together with Val d’Isere) is part of the Espace Killy ski area in […]
Kenya is hard to beat when it comes to a winter sun holiday. Grab a cup of tea and let me tell you all about it. When you think about winter sun holiday destinations in Africa, you probably think about South Africa and Tanzania. Well, Cape Town and Zanzibar respectively, but Kenya shouldn’t be overlooked, […]
It was around the time the officers automatic weapon was pressed firmly against my shoulder that I decided to write this blog post. ‘Expect the unexpected when it comes to South American bus journeys‘, I should have told myself at the start of my 5 month trip. Handcuffs were placed on the guy behind me, […]
Ten (yes, 10!) years ago today I set up my first blog, Simon’s JamJar (now Adventure Bagging). Happy blog birthday to me! 😀 On this very day back in 2006, the creative side of my brain was nulled from too much Christmas exuberance, and I built this blog. A day later I wrote my first […]
What a year 2015 has been. A year of firsts, a year of repeats, a year of new videos, a year of new countries, as well as a wide range of new experiences and a big move forward with the blog. January started in busy fashion, and the year simply got busier until November, when […]
It has been nearly 7 months since I landed back on British shores from my once in a lifetime trip to Papua New Guinea with my dad. The more I look back on our experiences, the more I realise that PNG is like no other place on Earth. Parts of Papua New Guinea are completely […]
The other night I found myself in a conversation in a vibrant bar in central London talking about blue cheese. This wasn’t the first time I’d had a deep conversation about cheese. Usually I would put something like this down to age. But the fact is I’ve loved blue cheese my whole life. My dad […]
“How do you make mayonnaise?“, asked Íñigo, our chef for the evening. I racked my brain. The last time I read the ingredients of a mayonnaise jar was when I was very hungover and bored at some point in 2007. “Eggs“, I said proudly, showing the pathetic limit of my mayonnaise ingredient knowledge. Trying his […]
Whilst most British travellers flock to the South East of Spain for a spot of sunshine, it is well worth checking out the Northern province of the Basque Country. Renowned for its fierce independence, great surf, architecture, incredible vineyards (‘bodegas’) and a gastronomic scene to rival anywhere in the world, it’s no wonder many people […]
