When I was a teenager, I used to have a pretty long walk to school. To entertain myself (this was pre iPhone days) I used to imagine winning the lottery and then plan in great detail what I’d do with the money. Fast-forward almost 20 years later and these thoughts…
Years ago my husband and I decided to go to Amersham in Buckinghamshire on a Saturday after my friend Mandy suggested it for a day out. It’s the last stop on one of the branches of the Metropolitan line and only takes about 40 minutes from where we live. Amersham…
Post updated in July 2022 Gallipoli is a small seaside town in Puglia, in the province of Salento, and I highly recommend it for a long weekend break or as part of a wider tour of Puglia. Three days is enough to explore Gallipoli but if you want a longer…
We’ve been to Palermo, in Sicily, once before – for one night only – on our way back from Favignana, an island in Sicily. We’d been looking to book a long weekend away in Italy for a while and it was whilst watching Ainsley Harriot’s Street Food Palermo episode that…
