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Review of ‘Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure’

19/04/2025 nsford Leave a comment

Remember the craze for ‘Googlewhacking’? This was where a search for two words on Google brought back only one result.…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Dave Gorman, humour, non-fiction, reviews, travel

Review of ‘Flight of Your Life: Confessions of a 1970s Air Hostess’ by Natasha J Rosewood

12/01/2025 nsford Leave a comment

Being an air hostess in the 70s was glamorous, right? Wrong! The author worked for a no-frills company on short-haul…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, memoir, Natasha Rosewood, reviews, transport, travel

Review of ‘Abroad in Japan’ by Chris Broad

19/08/2024 nsford Leave a comment

An amusing and interesting read from a popular YouTuber who started his Japanese adventures as an English teacher. The book…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Chris Broad, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, travel

Review of ‘Cream Teas, Traffic Jams and Sunburn’ by Brian Viner

18/07/2024 nsford Leave a comment

This book was as variable as British holiday weather. It’s part social history, part rambling memoir about how British people…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Brian Viner, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, travel

Review of ‘Down Under’ by Bill Bryson

31/05/2024 nsford Leave a comment

A wonderful travelogue, also published as In a Sunburned Country, packed full of Bill Bryson’s trademark mix of dry humour,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Bill Bryson, books, non-fiction, reviews, travel

Review of ‘The United States of Adventure’ by Anna McNuff

23/04/2024 nsford Leave a comment

An 11,000 mile cycle through every state in the US? It’s a bit mad but this fantastic book is a…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Anna McNuff, books, memoir, reviews, travel

Review of ‘Bedtime Adventure Stories for Grown Ups’ by Anna McNuff

29/03/2024 nsford Leave a comment

An easy to read collection of amusing real-life travel tales from well-known runner and adventurer Anna McNuff. I liked her…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: Anna McNuff, books, memoir, reviews, travel

Recommended reads for armchair travellers

29/01/2024 nsford Leave a comment

If you like reading travel memoirs, here are some recommendations! I am definitely an ‘armchair traveller’ as I don’t travel…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, non-fiction, reading, reviews, travel

Review of ‘No Pianos, Pets or Foreigners!’ by Joe Palermo

28/09/2023 nsford 2 Comments

This short memoir about an American’s experiences living in Japan in the 1980s is a good read. The title refers…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Joe Palermo, memoir, non-fiction, reviews, travel

TV review: ‘Simon Reeve’s Return to Cornwall’ (2023)

19/04/2023 nsford Leave a comment

A couple of years after Simon explored the challenges faced by people living in Cornwall, he returns to see how…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: reviews, Simon Reeve, travel, TV

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