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Lovely day in Buxton today. Such a short journey, mad we’ve never done it before!

Quite remarkably nice

Sleepy Mabel getting some sun

I’ve been a blogging let-down so far this year but I’ve been a busy bee. Here’s a nice shot of

Bought for the name

Now we’re in Italy having midnight beers

Wow there’s some serious maple syrup in here

Good grief we’ve found a good one

Skiing done. No injuries. Beer time

It’s strong Belgian beer

Let’s go ski trip beers

Finally got me one of these

It’s a Christmas miracle

Atlanta airport. Watching an NBA game at the bar. Been a long while since I’ve seen this on draught!

Couldn’t help ourselves and went to one last Cenote. Saw this majestic guy chilling out at the edge. By far

It’s stout season

I’m not coming home, you can’t make me

Spent the past few days Cenote-hopping around the Yucatán region. Amazing places and incredibly relaxing! Now onto even more relaxed

Enjoyed what I can only describe as pure chaos at the Lucha Libre in Mexico City earlier this week. Excellent

The amazing architecture of Mitla, a Zapotec settlement in Oaxaca. Unbelievably preserved!

The lovely streets of Puebla 🇲🇽

I think I’ve had every lager available now

Radler cheaper but not by much. Sweet as hell

Pint cans at this festival are £8.20. That is taking the piss

Some kind of mango and chilli mess. Don’t know

Stopped at a taco restaurant the other night and had what I think could be the meal of the trip.

We arrived in Mexico City on 1st November and thought we would go and have a look around to see

The next destination on our journey was Guatemala. This is by a long shot the most beautiful place I’ve ever

Next on our travels was Costa Rica. We immediately became acquainted with the concept of Pura Vida and saw some

Some friends came to see us in our room in the mountains outside Cusco…

Our big trip started with a couple of weeks in Peru. I really loved the time we spent there, it

Months/years of planning, more admin than you could imagine plus leaving our jobs has led us to this! We’re off

Had a great time at my first Green Man festival last weekend. I’ll definitely be going back next year! Nice

Overpriced pints in the sun in Brighton this weekend to watch a stacked lineup of bands including English Teacher (pictured).

Time to right a wrong and finally read this book!

Is there anything better than watching a live show as the sun goes down? The Black Keys last night were

Lovely couple of days in Wales experiencing the full range of possible weather and drinking an awful lot of beer.

Lovely walk through a forest of bluebells the other week

If you squint really, really hard.. Stockport can look marvellous.

A lovely photo of Hebden Bridge train station in the sun a few weeks ago. Was on a nice boozing

Moody bagel shop in Paris at night

How cool is this bag I got with a CD in a record store in Paris at the weekend? Not

If croissant hunting in Paris were a sport, I’d be a champion.

Drinking by the river in Paris with a €2 tall boy from carrefour. Am I breaking the law? Who cares.

Last weekend it was freakishly nearly 20° and here’s proof I did something fun with it! The false spring we

Went on a lovely walk on my birthday earlier in the month. Just flicking through photos and thought I’d drop

Feels a long time ago since I was here already! Descending into the soup on skis is quite the experience

Also here’s a lovely cat I rudely woke up to take a photograph of 🐈

A glorious shot from a rooftop in Marrakech. I’ve got a lens for my mirrorless camera that’s from a disposable,

Another January ski trip done. The beauty of the landscape always blows my mind whenever I’m not in a haze

I’m in Marrakesh this weekend. Getting on a plane at -7° and getting off one at 20° made me feel

Day 6 will be the end of my reliance on cat content 🐈

Day 5: More Mabel content 🐈

Day 4: Late night snow clouds. Impressed with the low light performance on the iPhone 15 pro!

Day 3’s photo: I’m clutching at straws because I barely left the house today, so this photo is from last

Day 2’s photo: Mabel the cat sleeping where the hot water pipe runs under the floor

I said I’d try and post a photo every day so here we are. Walking around today and finally took

I am relentlessly getting banned from WhatsApp despite doing absolutely nothing. Does this happen to anybody else?

Had a blast in Bruges last weekend. Belgium was such a great place to visit 🇧🇪

Quite a few people wanting to try in Bruges

I’m in Bruges for the weekend, sampling fries and beers. This one was particularly nice

📍 Checked in at New Century Down to see Molchat Doma. Big Tuesday night!

Lovely to spend a day in Valencia last week. Already feels ages ago 😭

I can’t even imagine how bad the hangover would be from this

🐈 Mabel looking cute for the camera

I’ve got a new (old) toy! Remarkable how well this works given it must be fifteen years old. Even more

Just about to get stuck into this. Busy day full of trepidation ahead of tomorrow’s triathlon. 😬

The sunset last night was bonkers

Drinking beer with my feet up. This is one of the good days

Went to Scotland for the first time. Not sure how it took me so long 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

📍 Checked in at Inverary Come to Scotland for a few days in the rain and sun 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What I really love about Glastonbury is that every inch of the place has something to look at. I’m just

Spent the week on a farm. Two horrible bus journeys, horrendously heavy bags and red hot sun. Worth it all

Spent some time yesterday modding a Game Boy Advance I bought on eBay. Turns out when I played the original

We were all this cat in the sweltering heat this past weekend

Spent a few days in Dublin drinking copious amounts of the good stuff. The city feels quite similar to home

Drank a really enjoyable few pints of this after work yesterday. I’m going to pretend that I could tell the

The camera on the iPhone 15 Pro is outstanding. Snapped this outside the pub last night

Another weekend well spent in the French Alps. Have my legs ever been this tired?

It’s a beautiful evening. I left work in daylight today! Summer might actually happen again

Nearly a week since turning 30. Quite the party thrown, complete with harrowing bunting. Those faces keep popping up and

Another week spent in the beautiful French Alps. Fantastic weather, great skiing. Even better food and booze! I am now,

Lovely snowy morning in Manchester today. Currently packing to go skiing, took a lot of willpower not to get my

Mabel pretending to be cute for food 🐈

View from the bus stop

Found a jukebox with Rated R by QOTSA last night. Had to subject the entire pub to a bit of

Went for Korean BBQ in Stockport last weekend. Just the ultimate kind of dinner! 🔥

Wild beer tried the other day. The Grapefruit and Pineapple ones are delicious, but this was a weird one on

Took a trip to an outdoor cinema in Greece a couple of weeks ago. Gutted it’s not something that’s particularly

Had the cinema to myself last week. This Odeon in Manchester has the AMC colours still, which I think makes

White out conditions in Val d’Isere last week.. I’m slowly adjusting to being home but it’s not happening quickly ❄️

Had a pretty monumental week away skiing in Val d’Isere. The snow really came in for us on the Tuesday,

Here’s Mabel the cat having a yawn 🐱