13-15th June 2008 – Madrid
13 months ago AC Milan became European Champions and I had just visited a rain-soaked Madrid, completely devoid of tourists. This weekend in Madrid was sunny, warm and full of young travellers taking in the sights.
It would have been great for photos, but apart from a brief tour of Parque del [...]

20th May 2007 – Madrid
I’m in the capital of Spain and I’m watching Madrid’s scenery on television. The newsreader tells me that the thunderstorms and rain is widespread across central and northern Spain.
The day didn’t start this badly. In fact, I’ve walked several kilometres today, mostly in the Parque Del Buen Retiro, and Madrid is [...]

I finished the London Marathon! The first half was absolutely great fun and an experience that I cannot describe. However, around the 15 mile mark (incidentally, this coincides nicely with the distance up to which I had actually trained) I was hit by the most agonising cramp I’ve ever had. To say the last 11.2 [...]

15th July 2001
Our journey commences! We left Warmingham at 3pm hoping 10 hours to get to the Channel Tunnel was enough – taking into consideration my map-reading skills. Fortunately, Sarah decided to take over and we arrived soon after 9pm. A small concern was that they couldn’t find out tickets, but some clever talking did [...]