Netherlands 24: Bosbad Amersfoort, an outdoor swimming pool in the forest
We were fortunate to have some really fantastic weather during our week in Amersfoort. It was so good that we were keen to find somewhere to go for a swim. Given where...
Netherlands 24: Riding the F28 fast route to Utrecht
Since we stayed in Utrecht back in 2017, it’s somewhere we’re always keen to go back to, if we get the opportunity. So as we were staying nearby in Amersfoort, it was...
Netherlands 24: Cycling in Amersfoort
In a not too surprising turn of events, we returned to The Netherlands for our main summer holiday in 2024. After taking a break in 2023, we just couldn’t keep away! As...
Paris 24: A walk along the Coulée verte René-Dumont, Paris' High Line
For our final day in Paris, we planned to take it easy with a stroll along the Coulée verte René-Dumont, otherwise known as the Promenade Plantée. Running along an old railway viaduct...
Manchester Critical Mass - June 2025
I wasn’t able to make last month’s Critical Mass, after going in April for the first time in a long time. While it wasn’t exactly sunny, it was pretty warm and remained...
Paris 24: Wandering along Canal Saint-Martin
After a couple of rainy days, we wanted to make the most of a dry day by going for a wander along Paris’ Canal Saint-Martin. Located in the north east of the...
Paris 24: A ride to Bastille and a wander round Centre Pompidou
With our fifth day in Paris looking like another museum day, we arranged to visit the next rainy day activity on our list, a trip to the Centre Pompidou, the famous museum...
Paris 24: Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Paris' museum of science and industry
As with the previous day, when we went to The Paris Catacombs, we were in need for another rainy day activity. Fortunately, we weren’t short of those rainy day activities, with our...
Paris 24: In the Paris Catacombs
Before arriving in Paris, given that the forecast wasn’t looking great, we had a list of rainy day activities planned. Top of that list was a trip The Paris Catacombs, an ossuary...
Paris 24: Fat Tire Tour of Paris
After our wander round Montmartre in the morning, we were booked on a Fat Tire Tours’ night bike tour of Paris that evening, including a boat tour along the Seine part way...
Paris 24: A day in Montmartre
For our first full day in Paris, we decided to go somewhere we’d not managed to on our previous visits to the city, the Montmartre district. Being a large hill with the...
Paris 24: Wandering round Parc Clichy-Batignolles – Martin Luther King and up the Arc de Triomphe
After arriving in Paris and dumping our stuff at our Airbnb apartment, we were keen to get out and explore nearby. As I mentioned in the first of the Paris 24 posts,...