Scotland Journal day 1 (Travel Diary Day 271) We left the familiar suburban sights of Newcastle for the Scottish Highlands at the wee hours of the morning. 5 hours, that’s all it takes to be surrounded by landscapes that could inspire even the most ridged of minds. Our hotel reminds us of a 50s-throwback usually […]

No-Man’s-Lands Journal Day 6 (Travel Diary Day 270) The land of Argentina is calling. Our flights to Buenos Aires, if all goes according to plan, will be booked tonight for the 1st of May. Before that, however, we have a short adventure in the Scottish Highlands starting tomorrow morning for a couple of days. My […]

Light trails in photography can bring a wonderfully dynamic element to an image. Yet, for users of Photomatix, of which there are many, light trails can sometimes be challenging to work with. The software, for some reason or another, leaves us with what looks like some sort of sinister tear in the space-time continuum where […]

No-Man’s-Lands Journal Day 1 (Travel Diary Day 264) 1,000 miles in 2 days – Betsy had never been pushed so hard. We headed north, leaving Montpellier for drier climates, believe it or not, in the UK. Our return home, although forced upon us by poor weather, is still a welcome relief. Being surrounded by familiarity […]

This is a quick journal update: There is far too much bad weather over here in Europe. Rachel and I have to cancel our European road trip and return to Newcastle this week. Everywhere we look there is nothing but rain. However, every cloud has a silver lining – we’ll hopefully be hitting South American […]

European Road Trip Journal Day 14 (Travel Diary Day 261) The motorway is winding steeply around, seemingly without end. The darkness makes it hard to see where we are going. Cars are passing us on the other side of the road so I can’t keep my high beems on for very long. I feel like […]

Spanish Journal Day 3 (Travel Diary Day 257) I think Mother Nature isn’t happy with me right now. When we arrived in Valencia yesterday afternoon we were bathed in sun. 25 degrees with a slight breeze is all I ever ask for in life – we found it here. As the afternoon passed by, the […]

Spanish Journal Day 1 (Travel Diary Day 256) Nat King Cole is playing out of the speakers in Burger King in Bilbao. We are here because I had a ravenous craving for an unhealthy burger and a dodgy coffee – both cravings have been satisfied. I burned some of those unwanted calories chasing a pigeon […]

French Journal Day 175 (Travel Diary Day 255) Before checking into our strange hotel on Friday in Loire valley, we attempted to catch the remnants of a hopeful sunset at the incredible Chateau Chambord. The thinly layered clouds had been dominating the sky for most of our road trip from Northern France that day. The […]

French Journal Day 172 (Travel Diary Day 252) It wasn’t until we rolled into the dimly lit car park of our motel that we realised why it was ‘reasonably’ priced. In front of us stood a box shaped building, as dark as its surrounding lot, more fitting of a bad-guys’ hideout found in some dystopian […]