Navel gazing – August: Here is what you might have missed

I was a little surprised by which posts were most popular in August, according to my traffic analysis from Google Analytics. I thought I would highlight some of my favourite posts from August that did NOT make the top 10 in traffic. Did you miss these posts? Subscribe to my RSS feed and it won’t [...]

Navel gazing – August: What have Roaming Tales visitors been reading?

I have delved into my Google Analytics report to find out what content was the most popular this month and I thought it would be fun to share it with you. Interestingly, some of the posts are quite old – Chris Anderson’s Long Tail at work (but without the business model). Based on this analysis, [...]

Best of the Web – Roaming Tales: Travel links for 31 August

Collating these links collections takes up quite a lot of time but I also enjoy it as there is so much great travel content out there. In this week’s edition we have everything from the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo to expensive farm stays in upstate New York. I hope you enjoy it! Part of the [...]

Photo Friday: I left my Hartz in Tasmania

Hartz Mountains National Park, Tasmania; February 2007 In February 2007, I visited my friend Katrina in Hobart, Tasmania. She was madly studying for a medical exam but she managed to take a day off to play with me and we headed up to hike in Hartz Mountains National Park. Tasmania is one of my favourite [...]

Recipe Road Test: Strawberry and polenta cupcakes

What I made with the bounty of my pick-your-own strawberry harvest. The week before I left the UK I joined a group of friends on an excursion out of London to a pick-your-own strawberry farm. My friend Jessica has some pics up on her blog FushMush – that’s me in the denim skirt and turquoise [...]

Best of the Web – The Gooseberry Fool: Foodie links for 24 August

I can’t believe August is nearly over already! Ever since I arrived in San Francisco, I’ve been devouring summer fruits, especially white nectarines and peaches. I’ll be sad when peach season is over, but I have a cunning plan to extend it a little further. I bought an entire box of organic white peaches for [...]

Photo Friday: Hill walking in Scotland

Inveraray, Scotland; June 2009 The population density of the United Kingdom is one of the highest in the world – there are 61 million people packed into a rather small island. You wouldn’t know it in the hills of Scotland. About five out of six people in Britain live in England and within England, the [...]

Africa’s Eden in jeopardy

News just in… Africa’s Eden, the eco-tourism project in Loango National Park in Gabon, is closed due to a dispute between the Gabonese government and the tourism operator / regional airline. The press release from Africa’s Eden says Loango Lodge will be closed to international visitors until at least 20 September this year. Catherine Eviter, [...]

Video – Sequel to United Breaks Guitars

Just when the dust from United Breaks Guitars was starting to settle, the second of Dave Carroll’s three videos came out this morning. This song, which takes a closer look at his dealings with United employee Ms Irlweg, has 3,305 views already after just a few hours. The first video, which came out five weeks [...]

Best of the Web – Roaming Tales: Travel links for 17 August

Today brings another bumper collection of links to great travel content on the web. I hope you enjoy it – let me know in the comments. If I link to you below, please pay it forward and give link love to someone else. Debates, trends & reflections Island caretaker. I was less than complimentary in [...]

Bad Behavior has blocked 788 access attempts in the last 7 days.

Switch to our mobile site