My family loves biking in the Lake District. Imagine our delight when we discover some new technology that allows us to show our love; a smartphone app from Strava that...
Tales of a City Trail
My family loves biking in the Lake District. Imagine our delight when we discover some new technology that allows us to show our love; a smartphone app from Strava that...
The Skyover Sky bridge flies over mating jellyfish while we pedal under cars. We have a beautiful day of cycling some of the bridges of the Shimanami Kaido cycle way...
Traffic Forecast Keeping to your lane on a cloud superhighway steers you clear of…rain? Having arrived from The Philippines where just being on a road takes bottle, and...
There’s a new way of navigating from A to B and it doesn’t involve Google. You just need a brother, a pen and a freckle. Or two… Joining the dots I...
Instagram can be addictive. Processing apps can lighten, sharpen and dramatise everyday objects and activities and make them see that little bit more aspirational, while...
A tribute to the great British BoatyMcBoatface ‘scandal’. We often talk of things changing the face of travel. He really has. Well, the McFace of travel...
Temple of Consumption Shiny temple burns not incense but city waste. Shrine to consumption. At the end of Hiroshima’s main boulevard there’s a dazzling building that’s...
Cat Café It’s a full time job; de-stressing humans, through play. Cuddles, but no pay. Cat cafés are big business in Japan. Time and space limited workers are fond of...
On some of the more picturesque bus routes in the central Lakes, if you can secure the panoramic window seat at the front of the top deck, you are in for a treat as...
However quirky the Twizy is, it comes with a serious message. Our addiction to the car is destroying out fragile planet and we need to nurture alternative transport...
Kirstie is the creative force and chief poet in residence of poetinmotion.org She is available for residencies, as a conference poet and wedding poet. She is also co-founder of The Family Adventure Project and a regular contributor to many online travel communities.
