There are countless stories of ships being wrecked along this coast, but never did I think we would have one on our doorstep. A little while ago we watched the tides and timed an exploration along the rugged coastline to the south of Crackington Haven. This area is only safely reachable when the tide is [...]
Our recent trip to the one of the spiritual hearts of Absinthe, the Val de Travers in Switzerland, was memorable for a whole host of reasons. But one experience in particular stood out. “We’re heading off to the secret fountain.” OK, I thought, time to see some cheesy tourist attraction with some vague connection with [...]
Every so often I am called to mevio‘s San Francisco offices for a week or so of business, meetings, and general face-to-face bonding. I never look forward to the disruption of travel and being away from home, but am invariably grateful for them. This time proved to be a very different experience to previous trips. [...]
I have memories of visiting model villages as a child, little did I expect to end up driving around one. Our typical exploratory excursions, sans GPS, consist of defining a destination or three, making a wrong turn or two, and at least once impulsively detouring to explore something that whispers of old stuff to look [...]
Holiday for us is soaking up the local culture whilst avoiding most of the tourist traps. Last week in Spain’s Costa Blanca is no exception and led to a discovery of something never mentioned in brochures. Sunday, 26th April: We found ourselves exploring north from our base south of the fishing and ferry port of [...]
