If you’re like me and work full time you probably find it difficult to ever get to the Grainger Market. Opening hours are Mon – Sat 9-5:30pm, so unless you can be bothered to battle the crowds on a Saturday I often find I tend to skip past it. It’s one of those parts of ...
If I’ve seen one ‘Christmas gifts for travellers’ blog posts I’ve seen about a hundred over the past week. And so many of them are exactly the same. I’m sorry but just because people like going places doesn’t mean they need a map of the world poster or a ...
Picture the scene, it’s a cold, dark winter night and you’re stood among the crowds that have all flocked to the Cologne Christmas market. The cathedral is lit up and looming above you, you’ve picked up some souvenirs and exhausted row upon row of festive stalls that line the ...
Temperatures have definitely dropped in the toon the past fortnight, and even down in London where I’ve been twice in two weeks the second visit was noticeably cooler. Last weekend was international BORING football weekend, so we took the opportunity for a Saturday fun day out in ...
Walking along Oxford Street with the Christmas lights this week, the John Lewis Christmas advert released today, festive bakes are out and Starbucks released their red cups. Christmas is definitely on the way! I’m really trying to not get too carried away this early but it’s hard ...
New York has it’s Rockefeller Tree, Oxford Street has it’s lights, and Newcastle has Fenwick’s window! As a child it was one of my favourite traditions to go up to town with my family, get the front seat on the metro, get a bag of Percy Pigs from M&S and queue to see the ...