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Italy
Four Days in Valli Giudicarie, Trentino, Italy

Four Days in Valli Giudicarie, Trentino, Italy

Most visitors to Italy make a beeline for the celebrity places, and I must admit I was the same. I’ve ticked off Rome, Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Umbria and Sicily, all big-hitters, and all absolutely fantastic, don’t get me wrong. But I adore Italy and I want to …
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Norway
Snow And Sounds At The Ice Music Festival Norway

Snow And Sounds At The Ice Music Festival Norway

There are hundreds of music festivals all around the world, from famous ones like Glastonbury to more niche ones like the Southern Soul Festival in Montenegro. But probably the most bizarre and beautiful all in one go is the Ice Music Festival in Norway. What Is The Ice Music Festival?&…
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Unhelpful Guides
An Unhelpful Guide to… Bruges

An Unhelpful Guide to… Bruges

As a TV Producer, I travel a lot with work.   Over the course of the last 14 years or so making telly shows for the likes of the BBC and Channel 4, I’ve been lucky enough to visit all sorts of random places – many in the UK but…
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Iceland
Icelandic Horses And Where To See Them

Icelandic Horses And Where To See Them

Along with Vikings and fermented shark, one of the most well-recognised icons of Iceland is its tiny horses. As you drive around the country you’ll see beautiful Icelandic horses in the fields all along the side of the road.  In fact there are an estimated 100,000 Icelandic horses in Iceland, …
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Italy
Frescoes, Graffiti and Street Art in Naples, Italy

Frescoes, Graffiti and Street Art in Naples, Italy

Naples is one of Italy’s largest, oldest, and most colourful cities, and like any Italian city, it’s full to bursting of centuries-old art.  From its UNESCO-heritage-labelled Centro Storico, to the stunning hilltop monastery Certosa di San Martino, the city streets are generously sprinkled with palaces, churches and grand …
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Unhelpful Guides
An Unhelpful Guide to… Canterbury

An Unhelpful Guide to… Canterbury

Working as a factual TV producer takes me to all sorts of weird and wonderful places.  I’ve filmed off the coast of Namibia on a diamond mining ship.  I’ve learned how they make pearls at an Australian pearl farm.  I’ve been inside a Polish apple juice factory, …
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Unhelpful Guides
An Unhelpful Guide to… Poland

An Unhelpful Guide to… Poland

Recently, I was lucky enough to be offered an all-expenses paid trip to Poland. Whaaaaaat?  That sounds amazing!  I hear you cry. Ok, perhaps I misrepresented somewhat.  What I meant is: I was sent there for work – to film three stories for a British food-related TV series.  But all…
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Italy
Things To Do In Umbria: Assisi

Things To Do In Umbria: Assisi

I recently spent a week exploring and photographing the gorgeous Italian region of Umbria.  Click here for a look at Todi and Orvieto. Of course no trip to Umbria is complete without a visit to Assisi, the jewel in the region’s crown and a UNESCO World Heritage site.  And …
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Italy
Things To Do In Umbria: Orvieto

Things To Do In Umbria: Orvieto

I recently spent a week exploring and photographing the spectacular region of Umbria in Italy.  Part One of my journey is about the beautiful town of Todi. After spending a few days relaxing and exploring the landscapes of Umbria, the next stop on the tour was the fabulous old town&…
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Italy
Things To Do In Umbria: Todi

Things To Do In Umbria: Todi

The majority of visitors to Italy make a beeline for the big-hitting, headline attractions: Rome, Venice, Florence, the Amalfi Coast…  But if you want to avoid the crowds on your holidays while still soaking up Italy’s gorgeous scenery, fantastic weather, and incredible cultural heritage, you could do a lot …
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Iceland
Iceland’s falls and springs

Iceland’s falls and springs

Iceland is famous for being, well… icy.  Clue’s in the title, after all!  Snow-capped mountains, frozen lakes, whirling blizzards, ancient glaciers… when it comes to the white stuff, Iceland’s got it covered.  Literally! But when all that H2O isn’t busy being frozen, Iceland has two other …
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Iceland
Sneaker Waves and Black Sand Beaches in Iceland

Sneaker Waves and Black Sand Beaches in Iceland

It might not come as much of a surprise to learn that Iceland was one of the last places in Europe to be inhabited by humans.   Early settlers would have had to navigate the treacherous North Atlantic Ocean in little wooden boats, and many would have died or given up …
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Iceland
How To Take Great Photos Of The Northern Lights

How To Take Great Photos Of The Northern Lights

Viewing the Northern Lights is on many people’s bucket lists.  To be honest, it wasn’t really on mine. I certainly wouldn’t have made a special trip to Iceland just to see them, that’s for sure.  But since I was there for work anyway, and had the …
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Iceland
A Hike on the Svínafellsjökull Glacier, Iceland

A Hike on the Svínafellsjökull Glacier, Iceland

This is the Svínafellsjökull glacier in Iceland.  Have fun trying to pronounce that!  In Icelandic, ‘ll’ is pronounced something like tl, with a flattened tongue and a click in the back of the throat.  So I guess you’d say ‘SVEEN-a-FETLS-yok-utl.  Or just start confidently with ‘Sveen’ and …
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Italy
Catacombs and Cemeteries in Naples, Italy

Catacombs and Cemeteries in Naples, Italy

With its fabulous food, edgy culture and seaside location, Naples is becoming an increasingly popular city break destination. Where once tourists simply passed through en route to the Amalfi Coast, today more and more are stopping off for a few days to explore Naples’ narrow alleyways, enjoy some of the …
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Italy
The Real Lonely Planet Guide To Naples

The Real Lonely Planet Guide To Naples

Like most people, I never go abroad without a copy of the latest local guidebook.  And more often than not, that guidebook will be the Lonely Planet.  Ever since I first went travelling with the 1997 edition of ‘South America on a shoestring’ (all 1170 pages of it, weighing nearly 3/4…
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