This post is about brand principles and morality and standing up for what you believe in, rather than selling your soul for greater blog traffic and likes. It also discusses what we consider to be animal abuse. What is HARO? HARO stands for Help A Reporter. This means that reporters & journalists send in requests…
We joined English Heritage & The National Trust just before we re-homed Hachi the Malamute with a view to ‘castle bagging’ during our time back in the UK. We didn’t even give it a second thought as to how dog friendly those castles were or even consider that they might not allow dogs to enter. Woops!…
Most of the time when I book our travel, Richard is not here. He can work away between 12 days and three weeks a month. Booking travel can be stressful enough but throw in a husband who’s not round much, three home-schooled kids and a busy itinerary and details can easily go astray. The last…
We recently drove from West Sussex, England to Sofia, Bulgaria and we’ve had many questions about the cost and how effective it was to drive in comparison to flying. This post addresses some of the costs of driving down through Europe to Bulgaria not travelling through Serbia. Disclaimer This post is proving contentious with certain…
Following our very successful canal boat experience in Gloucester, we decided to spend some time living aboard a boat in La Paz, Baja California. On our trip to Mexico in January 2018, we signed on the dotted line to spend three weeks living on this yacht thing. I guess you could call it a yacht…
Our kids have been asking for a dog (not a pony!) off and on for about four years but it’s never really fit with our lifestyle; that is until we decided to change our lifestyle. I’ve found a dog Sophie: “I’ve found a dog that needs re-homing. Can we have him?” Me: “Eeerrrr what?…… let…
When I started writing this post I was based in Costa Rica where it is illegal to feed or touch wild animals. However as I am finishing this off I am in Florida (and now the UK) where the attitude towards wild animals can be quite despicable. In Costa Rica it is illegal to touch…
‘It’s more fun in the Philippines’ is the Filipino moto for travelling their breath-taking islands and what an amazing find the tidal pools of Magpupunko are for adventurous families and kids! Siargao’s famous spots Siargao has three ultra-famous spots. Right!? I’m pretty sure that most people will have seen them on either Instagram or Facebook….
