J is for Jamestown
Jamestown is part of Virginia’s Historic Triangle – see also W is for Williamsburg and Y is for Yorktown. It’s the site of the first permanent English settlement in the New World (1607)… Read more J is for Jamestown →
I is for Inner Hebrides
The Hebrides is an archipelago off the west coast of Scotland (sometimes known as the Western Isles) and is divided into Inner and Outer (see map). There are 36 inhabited… Read more I is for Inner Hebrides →
H is for Havana
In 1999, we made our only trip (so far) to South America, and stayed a few nights in Havana on the way. It’s a beautiful, if run down, city with very… Read more H is for Havana →
G is for Gubbio
I’m staying in Italy for G, but will fast-forward a decade. Gubbio was the end point of a walking holiday in Umbria in 2003. We were only there two nights, but seem… Read more G is for Gubbio →
Ghent – a bonus G
One of the reasons I have been so organised about getting my A-Z posts done in advance is that I knew I was going to be on holiday for part… Read more Ghent – a bonus G →
F is for Florence
I’ve had to dig way back for F, and for the first time scan in photographs from the pre-digital era. We visited Florence in December 1992, the only time we… Read more F is for Florence →
E is for Ely
We don’t travel in England as much as we should. We visit the Lake District fairly regularly, and our friends in Yorkshire, but we don’t often spend holidays any further… Read more E is for Ely →
D is for Daintree
Daintree National Park in Queensland.
C is for Chengdu
We visited several Chinese cities in 2006, including Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province (see also S is for Shanghai). From here, we also made a side trip to Leshan to see… Read more C is for Chengdu →
B is for Bangkok
We visited Bangkok as part of a tour of South East Asia in 2002. Although there are many beautiful temples to visit, it’s not a city I particularly liked or wish to… Read more B is for Bangkok →
A is for Alaska
Alaska is beautiful and amazing. We visited over a decade ago and made the mistake of thinking that by travelling as part of an “Adventure Tour” we would go further off the… Read more A is for Alaska →
The A to Z Challenge
I first heard of the A to Z Challenge two years ago through a couple of blogs I came across via Twitter. Rosalind Adam is Writing in the Rain was covering the… Read more The A to Z Challenge →
The Glasgow Gallivanter 