Yearly Archives: 2009
10 Winter Sports safety tips
The final of my Top Ten Winter Sports Tips will look at Safety. It may not be as sexy as saving money or the environment, but nevertheless it is important. It is a controversial subject following the untimely death of … Continue reading
10 tips for protecting the environment on a Winter Sports break
Following on from my Ten Tips to save money on a Winter Sports break. Here are my Top Ten Tips for protecting the environment when taking to the slopes on skis or snowboards. Winter Sports are one form of travel … Continue reading
10 Tips for saving money on a Winter Sports Holiday
Winter sports vacations can be expensive, so I thought I’d post ten of my favourite money saving tips. Continue reading
Brussels to Chamonix via Eurolines
It was just getting light as we entered the Chamonix valley. It looked magnificent with its new covering of fresh snow. The coach had difficulty with the build up of snow on the streets of Chamonix, but managed to get to the bus stop outside the railway station Continue reading
Twitter lists- where next?
I wrote an earlier post to voice the things that annoyed me most on Twitter. The new Lists function allows me to create my own targeted streams. If find that a member of that list is publishing spam, being offensive, … Continue reading
Travel and Farming in Pembrokeshire
Last week in Wales, while walking parts of the Pembrokeshire Coast , I took along a 2008 edition “coast to coast” a free newspaper published by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. It has the bus timetables and other very useful … Continue reading
I did Prague?
While waiting to be served at a Cardiff Restaurant last week, I couldn’t help overhearing the large party on the adjacent table, discussing the merits of European cities they had visited. They were talking loudly, probably because they wanted the … Continue reading
Enjoying the local scene
Currently, I am spending a lot of time in Brussels. You could say I am on permanent vacation here. You do not need to travel far to gain a rewarding travel experience. To illustrate my point, this last weekend, there … Continue reading
Top 10 Terrible Tweets
Twitter is an excellent tool if used responsibly. I am fairly new to the Twittersphere, but already I am finding some activities very annoying. Here is my Top 10 Terrible Tweets on Twitter. 10. I am not going to start … Continue reading
Happy Earth Day! 2009
Thirty nine years ago a number of organisations with diverse goals, yet all concerned with a sustainable future on this planet got together. The first Earth Day was held in in 1970. The event has become mainstream. It has been … Continue reading