Taking a break from the beach and chilling out on my hotel balcony.
Enjoying the view, reading, sipping cold drinks and feeling decidedly relaxed.
Taking a break from the beach and chilling out on my hotel balcony.
Enjoying the view, reading, sipping cold drinks and feeling decidedly relaxed.
I may have had a touch of sunshine today ☀️
Batteries fully recharged now, so it’s off into town to see what all the local gays are up to this evening.
Don’t wait up!
Spent four delicious hours in the sun on my favourite ever beach.
Snoozed, read, strolled, swam. It was just what I needed. Looking forward to more of the same tomorrow.
Now it’s time for some after-sun moisturiser and a nap. Happy Friday!
The people-watching in Sitges this evening is quite something 👀.
Snagged a table outside my favourite bar and enjoying all the guys promenading up and down the street.
Back at my favourite haunt, for my favourite beer.
A day spent doing nothing but tanning, walking in the sun, reading, listening to podcasts and napping. It was exactly what I came here for.
And tomorrow: a visit to my favourite beach to erase all tan lines ☀️
Taking a break from the sunshine and heat, and retreating to my hotel room.
The air conditioning and well-stocked fridge are all I need to reset and recover. It’s 28C but feels a lot warmer for some reason.
Enjoyed a lovely walk into town after breakfast. I’ll head back in this evening for dinner (and people-watching - one of the main reasons to visit Sitges in the summer).
Meanwhile, it’s AC, sparkling water and my Kindle.
My favourite alcohol-free beer while in Spain: Estrella Galicia Tostada 0%.
Perfect after a long afternoon of just lying in the sun.
A quick snack in the sun ☀️
Enjoying my afternoon on the balcony. Tanning, reading and catching up on a load of podcasts.
Sunning my trotters on my hotel room balcony ☀️🦶The sun will be in the perfect position for all-over sunbathing very shortly.
After a couple of very lazy and enjoyable hours in the sun by the pool, reception called to let me know my new hotel room was ready.
So glad I moved - my old room was lovely, but looked out onto the pool. The noise from screaming kids was something else. New room looks out onto the sea.
Morning one in Sitges.
A little overcast so far, so after coffee in bed, I had a slow, leisurely breakfast downstairs.
Planning to move hotel rooms a little later on - status has its privileges, as they say - and have some time by the pool.
And that’s as far as the plan has gone so far…
One of the few advantages of being Hobbit-sized: there’s always leg-room…
Next stop: Barcelona ✈️
The new security scanners at London City Airport are fantastic.
Leave everything in your bag - no need to show electronics or toiletries - and you’re through in an instant.
Except, of course, if your bag is taken to one side so they can scan your “suspicious” deodorant…
All packed and ready to head to City Airport for my flight to Barcelona.
It’s once again grey, overcast and distinctly meh in London, so the Sitges sunshine will be very welcome indeed. Fingers crossed for no flight delays and a room with a view at the hotel! ✈️
Let the packing commence.
This time tomorrow, I’ll be arriving in Sitges and (hopefully) stepping outside to enjoy a cold drink in the sun.
It’s just a week in the sun, so I’m team “carry on luggage” this time round. Keeps things super simple.
My last day in the office before my week in Sitges.
I fly to Barcelona tomorrow afternoon and I’m already looking forward to the opportunity to take a break, invest in my wellbeing and intentionally unwind.
Unlike the visit for Sitges Pride back in June, I’ll actually get some sleep!
Waking up to more wind and rain on the second day of August is doing nothing for my enthusiasm this morning.
Still, just six days to go until I fly to Barcelona and spend a lovely week relaxing in Sitges. Plus, I’ve got some nice plans for this weekend, which are basically weather-independent. All the same, is it too much to ask for some sunshine in August?
Just ten days until my next trip to Sitges.
Can’t wait for some sunshine, warm temperatures, ample tanning time on my favourite beach and nights out for good food.
I’m traveling alone, which I did for the first time last August. It was such good fun, I committed to doing it once a year. My goals are simple: top up my tan, get plenty of rest, eat all the food and put a dent in that enormous backlog of books I’ve been accumulating.
While there’s no such thing as the ‘perfect bag’, I may have found one that meets so many of my requirements, it might as well be.
Currently awaiting the delivery of a Via Workpack from Bellroy. Apparently, the courier will deliver it by 2pm and I’m looking forward to putting it through its paces.
What I was looking for:
And, as part of my ‘one in, one out’ policy for bags, I’ll be ebaying the Transit Workpack, which is super spacious, but a little too large and missing the luggage pass-through.
Pictures, and a review, to follow…
Summer in London 🤨
Counting down the days until I’m back in the Spanish sunshine and dipping my hobbit feet into the sea.
Until then, it’s just flicking through my photo memories and imagining the sand between my toes.
I have two business trips in Dublin scheduled for September and October and I can’t wait.
I used to get home basically every month - but COVID put an end to that. Now nearly all my work is remote. It’ll be nice to get back and, hopefully, catch up with some friends.
My plane has finally landed at Edinburgh Airport.
Now for all those passengers to get off nice and quickly, so I can board and fly back to London.
How long do we reckon this will take…?
Another flight, another delay ✈️
Thankfully, I’m in the British Airways lounge, so I can charge my devices, grab a cold drink and have a snack while I’m waiting. Bearing in mind how little sleep I got last night, I could really do without this extra hour of hanging around.
Managed to get some nice family photos at last night’s birthday dinner for my mum.
It’s so rare we’re all in the same place (and all in the mood for photos!). Some lovely memories created, food consumed and many, many laughs had.