by Ian Ferris | May 23, 2017
  We awoke to the awful news of the Manchester bombing. So many young lives ended and maimed in the name of an extreme religious view, no doubt, and hundreds of families irreparably affected. This is a very different part of Italy for us this time, Le Marche...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Ian Ferris | Mar 22, 2017
If it’s Tuesday then it’s Tobago Cays. I have honestly never seen a more intense aquamarine, turquoise blue sea before. It is simply startling. We dragged ourselves from breakfast up to the deck to watch the ship anchor a few minutes before our scheduled...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Ian Ferris | Feb 2, 2017
Back Home…. Home again, to fine rain and grey skies, but we missed the recent snowfall in Kent, hopefully all we will get this winter. We’ve returned from the trip of a lifetime, and, as ever with wonderful holidays, it’s ended too soon. We’ve both enjoyed every...				
					 
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Ian Ferris | Jan 16, 2017
We chuckled as we passed the Byron Bay town sign which included the slogan ‘Cheer Up Slow Down Chill Out’. As the town must support such an eclectic addition to their welcome sign we thought we would enjoy a visit here as we’d expect to fit right in,...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Ian Ferris | Jan 12, 2017
  A team of eight men were constructing the steel-framed, 20ft Christmas tree 🎄 at 5am in our Palm hotel reception, an arrival time many hours later than expected due to various technical, sandstorm or Heathrow/Dubai fog issues depending on who was explaining the...