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Italy  46 Comments

July 18, 2016July 21, 2017

Positano, Italy: our recommendations

We made our first visit to Positano in May 2004 and have been coming back every year since. This impossibly

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Italy  34 Comments

June 29, 2016July 2, 2016

Our first week in Positano (and a trip down memory lane!)

It’s hard to believe that just over 10 years ago, Positano could still be called a ‘hidden gem’. We made

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UK  6 Comments

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016

Chasing the surf in England: A week with friends in St. Ives, Cornwall

We all had mixed emotions as we headed back to the UK. We knew it wasn’t the end of our

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Sri Lanka  9 Comments

May 25, 2016February 8, 2019

Nine days in Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka

When the rains come to Sri Lanka, they come hard and heavy. We knew we were visiting the southwest coast

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Family, Sri Lanka  5 Comments

May 16, 2016May 9, 2017

Ivy’s 7th birthday!

Earlier this week I was emailing with my friend Marta. I mentioned to her that Ivy was about to turn

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Japan  6 Comments

April 26, 2016May 2, 2016

Culture Shock! From Byron Bay to Tokyo: a re-cap of our week in this mega-city

After two months savouring a seriously relaxed pace of life, it was time to shift gears… radically, and head for

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Australia  4 Comments

April 24, 2016April 24, 2016

Byron Bay, Bangalow and the surrounding hinterland: Our favourite spots!

Byron Bay is widely recognised as one of the best surf towns in Australia. Surf aside, we found it to be

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Australia  7 Comments

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016

Surfing The Pass, Byron Bay

Last year at this time none of us had ever been on a surfboard apart from Michael (12 years prior

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Australia  4 Comments

April 12, 2016April 18, 2016

A weekend with friends and a visit to the Tea Tree lakes, Byron Bay

This weekend we were visited by our friends from Sydney, the Wheelers. Chloe, Charlie and their three kids had taken

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Australia  8 Comments

April 6, 2016April 7, 2016

From Sydney to Brisbane in a campervan

Wow, I’ve really fallen behind! And I’ve been bad about taking proper photos ever since we landed in Australia. It

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