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Snow!

2011-11-30T21:24:00.001Z

Downtown Minneapolis

2011-11-29T20:22:00.001Z

Manhattan in Minnesota

2011-11-28T19:41:00.001Z

Unless you like whiskey, don't order a Manhattan under someone elses advice.

Inside the Mall of America

2011-11-27T19:16:00.001Z

Back at the Beebs

2011-11-22T18:26:00.001Z

To see Never Mind the Buzzcocks this time with special guests Cilla Black, Tiffany Stevenson, Rizzle Kicks, Holly Willoughby and Angelos Epithemiou

Gaucho's, London Bridge

2011-11-16T22:55:00.002Z

Fog ahead

2011-11-14T09:01:00.002Z

Tourist pass

2011-11-13T17:14:00.003Z

Stickerbombed

2011-11-12T16:18:00.002Z

With the band

2011-11-05T23:30:00.002Z

Out to see The Riffs play - with Spence on lead guitar and vocals. Was a great night out in central London - and I'm grateful that 100 Club is only the name of the place and not a drinking game requirement.

Scariest tattoo. Ever.

Festive lights

2011-11-04T16:30:00.001Z

Go the ABs!

2011-10-23T20:15:00.003+01:00

Celebrating in Covent Garden before making it over to Chinatown for dinner.

Happy Birthday Ben

2011-10-13T20:22:00.001+01:00

Back at the local

2011-10-11T21:11:00.002+01:00

Escaping the neon

2011-10-09T15:47:00.002+01:00

Fremont Street

2011-10-08T22:27:00.004+01:00

Lunch at the The Venetian

2011-10-07T13:59:00.002+01:00

Heading out to New York, New York

2011-10-06T22:45:00.001+01:00

Did you know it rains in the desert?

2011-10-05T16:45:00.001+01:00

But don't let that stop ya having fun.

Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?

2011-10-04T14:39:00.002+01:00

Don't let the first photo throw you off.

Over the North Atlantic Ocean

2011-10-03T22:20:00.001+01:00

Maybe a British Virgin island?

Tour guiding professionally now

2011-10-02T19:55:00.003+01:00

Out and about showing Ryan and Stacey the landmark spots.

Intellectual stop off at the Tate Modern, during a hot afternoon drinking cider

2011-10-01T18:58:00.002+01:00

How close?

2011-09-27T19:12:00.002+01:00

Free tickets to see the filming of Live at the Apollo in Hammersmith. Our tickets were close enough to see all the B list celebs get shepherd in. Lucky to see Jack Whitehall, Josh Widdicombe, Shappi Khorsandi, Sarah Millican, Steve Hughes and Russell Kane.

Paris post wine x too much

2011-09-26T16:16:00.003+01:00

Paris, Je T'Aime

2011-09-25T22:57:00.002+01:00

Paris - earning my blue badge

2011-09-24T19:27:00.002+01:00

Debra and Leanne haven't been before - so I reluctantly play tour guide.

Chinese instead

2011-09-22T21:12:00.005+01:00

I had free tickets to see the filming of The Jonathon Ross Show but didn't get in the queue in time to guarantee a seat. Brighter side - got to catch up with friends over a pint or two and then dinner in Chinatown. Yum.

Tat

2011-09-19T19:20:00.003+01:00

We have a competition at work - to bring back tourist tat from a holiday destination - it has to be under 5 of the local currency and should be tacky. My entry from Cornwall wins hands down.

Hawkstone Park Follies - 18th Century Walking centre

2011-09-18T14:18:00.002+01:00

Up near Chester

2011-09-17T15:39:00.001+01:00

Wroxeter Roman City

Iron bridge over the River Severn at Coalbrookdale

Both sides of Dartmouth

2011-09-16T13:46:00.001+01:00

Newquay

2011-09-15T16:14:00.001+01:00

Newquay

Falmouth

Duloe Stone Circle

2011-09-14T18:47:00.001+01:00

St Ives - delightful

2011-09-13T16:53:00.002+01:00

Walking along the coast from Looe to Polperro

2011-09-12T17:03:00.001+01:00

On the drive down to Cornwall

2011-09-11T18:26:00.001+01:00

Can't not stop, it's literally on the side of the A road.

Arriving in Looe for the week.

Caught by another Canon

2011-09-10T23:45:00.001+01:00

It's rammed at the Ship and Shovel

2011-09-09T20:41:00.002+01:00

We keep coming back here, bloody good pub.

Biggest powerpoint ever

2011-09-08T14:21:00.003+01:00

At a geek event for work held at the cinema in Fulham Broadway. A lotta pony tails, but not many ladies.

Baldrick

2011-09-06T08:02:00.003+01:00

Tony Robinson, actor and broadcaster, spotted filming on my walk to work.

Buckingham Palace

2011-09-04T13:43:00.003+01:00

Round the back of the palace at the end of a tour round the state rooms.

To early for a Christmas shop? Not for Harrods.

Just too far away to be our local

2011-09-02T22:28:00.001+01:00

Pork Pies from up'north

2011-09-01T17:01:00.003+01:00

Always great to have visitors from Lancashire.

Prague Metronome

2011-08-29T14:49:00.001+01:00

Walking tour around Prague

2011-08-28T20:11:00.006+01:00

Yay the sun came out!

Long weekend in Prague

2011-08-27T19:31:00.001+01:00

Oh lovely

2011-08-25T19:56:00.000+01:00

View of The Shard at sunset from my floor at work.

Sea legs

2011-08-22T19:04:00.001+01:00

Island hopping requires a lot of time on ferrys, on Saturday we had our last and longestion connection which was over five hours. It's a few days back on dry land and I'm still feeling illusions of self-motion.

Athens

2011-08-21T12:33:00.000+01:00

The Parthenon

Fixed with Lego!

The Erechtheum

Athens sprawling

National Archaeological Museum

The island of Delos - one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece

2011-08-20T11:47:00.000+01:00

Mykonos

2011-08-19T20:23:00.000+01:00

Windmills of Mykonos Island

Waterfront by Little Venice

Pet pelican

Naxos - Agia Ana

2011-08-18T11:13:00.000+01:00

Naxos

2011-08-17T20:19:00.000+01:00

Narrow streets in the mountain villages of Filoti and Apeiranthos

Chora

Antiparos for the day

2011-08-16T15:50:00.002+01:00

Paros port, manic during ferry arrival/departures

Antiparos

Clear waters for snorkelling

Sea urchins - on the sea floor and in my foot

Santorini by ATV

2011-08-15T14:54:00.002+01:00

Perissa - black beach

Santorini cliffs

Nea Kameni island

Santorini - honeymoon day 1

2011-08-14T20:12:00.000+01:00

Fira

Famous sunset from Oia

Around London

2011-08-13T16:33:00.003+01:00

Living art outside the National Gallery

Free hugs in Trafalgar Square post riots

M&M World, Leicester Square - 5 floors of batshit insane marketing

Saturday stroll to Greenwich

2011-08-06T17:33:00.001+01:00

Swords in the backyard in Wallington

2011-07-31T12:36:00.001+01:00

Jousting at Hever Castle

2011-07-30T15:07:00.002+01:00

Old ginger nuts are so spicy

2011-07-28T21:08:00.003+01:00

Hardy's Cottage

2011-07-24T13:54:00.001+01:00

Silchester Roman Town dig

2011-07-23T14:37:00.002+01:00

Another tour of Cambridge

2011-07-17T12:46:00.001+01:00

Kev, Lousia, Kirsty, Tim and Marcos

St John's College (college full of jerks)

Walking back from Grantchester

2011-07-16T20:50:00.002+01:00

Mont Saint-Michel (in the rain)

2011-07-12T11:46:00.002+01:00

2011-07-11T18:24:00.001+01:00

Longues-sur-Mer

Craters at Pointe du Hoc

Caen

Rouen to Honfleur

2011-07-10T16:06:00.003+01:00

Rouen

Honfleur

Normandy

2011-07-09T15:38:00.001+01:00

The view from Chateau Gaillard

Giverny

Vernon

Pirate birthday party

2011-07-02T20:54:00.002+01:00

Visiting Golders Green

2011-06-29T22:05:00.002+01:00

Multicoloured Macaroons

2011-06-26T09:58:00.002+01:00

Wanted the colour to be more consistent and brighter but not a bad first attempt. Recipe here.

Sunshine in the wind

2011-06-21T18:46:00.001+01:00

Free! free cocktails

Columbia Road Flower Market

2011-06-05T11:39:00.002+01:00

The end of the Monopoly pub crawl

2011-06-04T22:35:00.004+01:00

I only started at number 16 this time, but made it to the end (16-26 completed).http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

The Pepsi Max Big One, Pleasure Beach Blackpool

2011-06-03T16:08:00.001+01:00

Bolton Abbey

2011-05-29T12:38:00.002+01:00

Ye Olde Man & Scythe, Bolton

2011-05-27T15:07:00.002+01:00

Sevens World Series - Twickenham

2011-05-22T13:10:00.001+01:00

Getting carried away with the icing pens...

2011-05-19T18:37:00.001+01:00

Selfridges

2011-05-18T18:38:00.002+01:00

The view from Westferry Circus

2011-05-17T20:53:00.002+01:00

P-40 Warhawk

2011-05-16T18:46:00.002+01:00

Busking in Cambridge

2011-05-15T14:44:00.003+01:00

Afternoon tea in Cambridge

2011-05-14T18:31:00.003+01:00

Bake sale

2011-05-08T20:41:00.001+01:00

Back at Eltham Palace for the Art Deco fair

2011-05-07T11:38:00.000+01:00

Stockholm

2011-05-03T13:29:00.001+01:00

Vasa museum, Stockholm

2011-05-02T13:18:00.000+01:00

The Vasa is a Swedish warship that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628 and was salvaged largely intact in 1961.

Copenhagen canals

2011-05-01T18:57:00.001+01:00

Canal tour, naval museum, Rosenburg Castle & Treasury, National Museum & Nyhavn (new harbour).

Copenhagen

2011-04-30T21:11:00.005+01:00

The afternoon in a chilly Copenhagen - walking through the strøget to the island of 'Little Amsterdam' & Christiania, enjoying a drink in the sun and then exploring Tivolli gardnes.

14th to 53rd

2011-04-29T17:43:00.003+01:00

Guggenheim Museum or Natural History museum (only I paid to get in to my museum choice though). Meeting at Central Park to see the squirrels, lunch at the famous pizzeria in Greenwich, Forbes gallery and a massive walk from 14th Street to 53rd. Ending the day at Targets free evening at the Moma (with all the tourists who were more interested in photographing the art than actually looking at it). Back to Penn station to leave the US (sad face).

Uptown girl

2011-04-28T22:47:00.005+01:00

After the Chrystler building lobby we get into the culture up town - Museum of NYC, hours inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, snacking on bagels or pizza and NYC cheesecake before sneaking into the Natural History Museum for free. Out later to visit a bar from Sex and the City, explore Tribeca only to head back to Soho for a dive bar. Times Square by night on the way home.

Still craving those cream cheese bagels.

Greenwich

2011-04-27T19:02:00.004+01:00

Greenwich walking tour - tv apartment exteriors (Friends, Carrie's apartment (Sex and the City) & The Huxtable's residence), Washington Arch. The High Line in Chelsea, Flatiron Building & Little Italy after Chinatown.

18 km of walking

2011-04-26T18:07:00.002+01:00

Midtown walking tour - starting at Timesquare and ending at Rockefeller center

Central Park for lunch, free Staten Island ferry (and back), walk over the Brooklyn bridge and up the Empire State building after the best pizza of the trip

Easter Monday

2011-04-25T22:05:00.000+01:00

Good bye Boston

Hello NYC!

Boston in the sun is even better

2011-04-24T18:03:00.000+01:00

Boston in the rain ain't so bad

2011-04-23T12:16:00.000+01:00

Sam Adams brewery tour, party bus fun, Doyles for lunch & round the day out with a city ghost tour - great city even in the rain.

Leaving London

2011-04-22T17:10:00.000+01:00

Via Iceland's Keflavik International Airport