• Northern California 2 Week Road Trip

    Northern California 2 Week Road Trip

    Day 1 – Flight to San Francisco Time for another adventure. I’m off to California. It’s been a while – well 3 months anyway. I’m travelling with daughter No 1 and my son-in-law (not sure he knows what he’s let himself in for) to see daughter No 2 for her birthday. Our itinerary starts in…

  • O‘ahu 1 Week Itinerary

    O‘ahu 1 Week Itinerary

    We spent a week on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu, based at Waikiki Beach, close to the capital Honolulu. We spent most of the week exploring the south of the island on foot and by bus. However, we did hire a car for a day and drove the Oahu Circle Tour, which runs up the…

  • Byxbee Park parkrun Guide

    Byxbee Park parkrun Guide

    Byxbee Park parkrun, Palo Alto, California

  • Napa in 2 Days

    Napa in 2 Days

    Napa is a town in the Napa Valley, renowned for its vineyards. It is only 50 miles from San Francisco, so makes an ideal place to visit for a couple of days to tour a winery or two and explore the town and surrounding area on foot or by bike. How to get to Napa…

  • Northern California 1 Week Road Trip

    Northern California 1 Week Road Trip

    We spent one week based in Palo Alto, just south of San Francisco visiting my daugher, taking a variety of road trips to nearby places of interest. Northern California 1 Week Road Trip Itinerary London to San Francisco Day 1 Napa ValleyGolden Gate BridgeLaird Family Estate Day 2 Napa Valley Vine TrailYountville Napa Day 3…

  • Panama City in 3 Days

    Panama City in 3 Days

    We spent a week in Panama, splitting our time between the capital, Panama City and the Caribbean islands of Bocas del Toro. We were in Panama City for a total of three days. We had planned to spend longer here, but I contracted Covid in Costa Rica meaning that we arrived four days later than…

  • Panama 1 Week Itinerary (Panama City and Bocas del Toro)

    Panama 1 Week Itinerary (Panama City and Bocas del Toro)

    We spent a week in Panama, splitting our time between the capital, Panama City and the Caribbean islands of Bocas del Toro. The highlight of our visit was, of course, a trip on the Panama Canal. It is usually only possible to do the canal trip at weekends, so our itinerary was built around this.…