Stan started off life as a toptastic popstar in 80’s band – The Housemartins. Spent the last few years travelling the world with a ukulele, teaching kids to sing and writing travel pieces for assorted papers and magazines. These days his adventures mainly involve staycations around the UK, either walking his dogs, chugging along canals on narrowboats or bimbling round on a big yellow motorbike.
A while back, trying to organise the perfect romantic escape for my wife and I, we stumbled across Millbrook Cottages. Sounded perfect, online pictures were amazing. But throughout it all, emails kept on arriving from…
Don’t know about you, but I do like a city staycation. Though, it can be tricky working out which city to visit and where to stay when you get there but recently, I hit the…
It’s always nice to have something special in mind when you go on a staycation holiday. A goal. Something to aim for. When you go to the Lake District, you want to see lakes. When…
My poor old passport has been locked in a drawer for three long years, so seemed like it was high time to take it out for a spin. Keeping things simple, I went for a…
Don’t know about you, but the last few years have persuaded me that when it comes to holidays, there’s no need to leave this green and pleasant island of ours. There are so many quiet…
Don’t know about you, but I do love a good holiday park, one of those lovely places where you can turn up and camp, or book a static caravan for a few days and chillax…
If you are in the mood for some island hopping adventures, with soft white sand, deserted beaches, scenery to blow your socks off and miles of smiles guaranteed, you really can’t do much better than…
Don’t know about you, but when I’m planning the perfect Cornish getaway, gingerly drawing up a wishlist, there are certain boxes that just have to be ticked. Sun, sea and sand, obviously. Cream teas and…