mbwattsJul 314 min readMontreux Jazz Festival 2024Montreux is a festival you are more likely to go to by Bentley than Ford Transit campervan.
mbwattsJun 198 min readPorthminster to Portugal - fish heavenCornwall and Portugal both famous for their fish. Which will have the best?
mbwattsFeb 278 min readSerenity Beach, Puducherry IndiaSerenity Beach. One of hundreds of Bay of Bengal fishing communities. Our home for a month now, a staycation so very far from home.
mbwattsFeb 235 min readPondicherry - India : no longer "eat to survive"Now settled in Pondi. In this blog I shall confront my own (prejudiced) low expectations of Indian food hygiene.
mbwattsFeb 63 min readSouth India - what's not to like?Please think of this blog as a toasted open shit sandwich. Which, come to think of it, is actually a pretty good analogy for India.
mbwattsSep 2, 20233 min readLondon. Speedboat Bar and being half blind.A day out in London. Recovery after eye surgery. The Speedboat Bar London
mbwattsAug 8, 20234 min readEuro campervan trip 2023 - stage 10: jogging homeAfter hospital discharge we head home through Germany, Netherlands and Belgium heading for Dunkirk.
mbwattsJul 24, 20234 min readEuro campervan trip 2023 - stage 6 : Austria - Bad GasteinBack in Austria in the summer after a 45 year gap. Old memories are triggered!
mbwattsJul 22, 20233 min readEuro campervan trip 2023 (Stage 5 Lake Garda to Pragser Wildsee)The next step on our campervan trip through Europe. Two weeks in we travel from lake Garda to the Italian dolomites. Night in swanky hotel.
mbwattsJul 16, 20233 min readEuro Campervan trip 2023 (Stage three : Lake Lucerne to Lake Garda)Stage three of our summer road trip in our campervan. Our plan is to move from lake to lake. This stage follows us from Lucerne to Garda.
mbwattsJul 13, 20234 min readEuro campervan tour 2023 - stage 2 : The Somme to SwitzerlandStage two of our European road trip. The Somme to Switzerland.
mbwattsJul 1, 20234 min readBiarritz, Bayonne, banter and the boys. Tour de France unticketed.Those of you who are married will most likely know the answer. We aren't really given any responsibility when it comes to planning.
mbwattsApr 15, 20233 min readBrick Lane, Beigels, and being Jewish! (Genetics and cybernetics)A day out in London. Dali and Brick Lane.
mbwattsApr 3, 20234 min readYorkshire Dales - March 2023 - The Simonstone Hall Hotel debacleTrip to Yorkshire Dales. Louise and Jeremy Clarkson both see the red mist at Simonstone Hall Hotel. Start of your mini break.
mbwattsMar 19, 20231 min readDavid Hockney - BIGGER and CLOSER (not smaller and further away)Day out at David Hockney exhibition Bigger and Closer (March 2023)
mbwattsNov 9, 20225 min readMadrid - weekend break November 2022Mini-break to Madrid. Sophisticated city life (or pissed in a gutter) bring it on!
mbwattsAug 19, 20223 min readKol - Marylebone's masterpiece of Michelin starred Mexican magicRestaurant review Kol, London, Mexican food
mbwattsJul 23, 20224 min readLynton and Lynmouth in Nessa July 2022Lynton and Lynmouth by campervan. Long walks, fresh air, food and wine!
mbwattsJul 6, 20226 min readMallorca 2022Mallorcan Journey, stag and hen party, glamorous wedding, a trip down memory Lane