26 February 2025 En route from Lisbon to Carvoeiro we took as much of the scenic, backroads route as possible, which was great when we...

24 February 2025 My wife and I flew down to Portugal on Saturday to spend the better part of the week in the Algarve with family (who...

23 February 2025 On Saturday the 15th of February, I went up to the 1st Hemel Hempstead Masters meet at the surprisingly fast (at least...

6 February 2025 I recall traipsing around Slough about twenty years ago and not being impressed. I was managing my company's global work...

1 February 2025 As part of our adventure of living in London, my wife and I are determined to see as much of this part of the world as...

6 January 2025 Europe has really good passenger protections when it comes to disrupted trains, resulting in healthy refunds of train...

21 December 2024 These days, I like to enter some sort of competition at least once a month. Imagine my delight and surprise when,...

1 October 2024 This was almost the definition of a perfect, if too constrained on time, morning biz-trip swim. I had managed to find a...

25 September 2024 As it had been over three weeks since I added a new pool, I was itching to get back out there as a Pool Tourist. I...

9 September 2024 This pool has been on my London “Aquatic Bucket List” since before I even moved here as my daughter Maia had swum here a...