☀️ Amazing but true: I’m wearing shorts and sitting out in the sun here in Fife this afternoon. Most unexpected and very welcome!
Travel
🐈 Still in Scotland and just back from the vet with my Mum’s cat. Thankfully he’s been given a clean bill of health after a few worrying days. Vet thinks he just ate something that disagreed with him.
🇪🇪 A photo-filled summary of my visit to Tallinn back in May:
I was quickly sucked in by the hardcore coffee and pastries videos, clips of medieval city walls and cute bars. And so we planned a long weekend – and enjoyed every single minute.
🦌 A travel memory from Japan back in 2017:
You only need to let your guard down for the moment and you’ll have a deer stealing the entire bag, or attempting to chew a hole in your shorts.
📸 Went for a walk around the lovely Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline earlier and got quite up close and personal with some of the local peacocks. They have freedom of the entire park and go where they like.
Having a very lazing, relaxing morning here in Fife. I might go for a walk while it’s dry. Then it’s time for a roast dinner, followed by taking my mum to the cinema to see Alien: Romulus.
I’m sure we’ll all sleep soundly tonight!
✈️ On approach to Edinburgh.
I snapped this Friday evening as we flew over the Firth of Forth, just a few short minutes before landing in Edinburgh. If it’s not too cloudy, the views for the last ten minutes of this flight are always stunning.
📸 The view from take-off.
Friday evening, London City Airport, just before departure for Edinburgh. I thought the light looked incredible. And for once, the plane window wasn’t too filthy to take a pic through.
💻 A summary of what I did, thought and experienced this week:
📸 I snapped this out the window of my flight from Dublin to London on Wednesday. At the time, I thought the clouds looked impressive and a little weird. But that may have been my jet-lag addled brain seeing what wasn’t actually there…
✈️ My first day back at work since our break in Singapore. And so of course I’ve been wide awake since 3am, and now find myself in London City Airport, about to fly to Dublin for work.
Who manages my schedule?!??!
Oh. Right. 😳
✈️ There’s no experience more likely to bring my holiday vibes crashing to earth than arriving at the soul-destroying pit that is Heathrow Airport.
✈️ Arrived in Helsinki 45mins early after a super flight with Finnair. Now it’s time for a much neededed shower in the Finnair lounge, followed by all the coffee… ☕️
✈️ All boarded and settled in. Leaving Singapore shortly and heading for Helsinki with Finnair.
Looking forward toward to another lovely, relaxing flight with one of my favourite airlines. First glass of champagne in hand 🥂 See you on the other side.
📸 Enjoying some hospitality in the BA lounge at Singapore Airport. I’ve been inhaling the chicken curry and supping generously at the champagne bar. It woud be rude not to partake.
📸 Obligatory pic of the waterfall in The Jewel, Changi Airport, Singapore. I love this airport so much!
📸 A final selfie at the doors of the hotel as we wait on our taxi to the airport. And a wonderful goodbye from the hotel staff as we checked out. They even booked and paid for our taxi!
📸 Final poolside pic before we finish packing and head to Changi Airport.
📸 Enjoying my last breakfast in this hotel, while taking in the views over Singapore.
Next up: packing. We fly back to London (via Helsinki) this evening. But I’m also hoping to squeeze in a couple of hours by the pool before we check out.
☀️ Back by the hotel pool, waiting for my post-shopping beer.
📸 Hitting the shops on Orchard Road, Singapore. Dads on Tour, the movie. 🤣
📸 Spotted in Chinatown last night. I looked, but Barbie was nowhere to be found 🤣
☀️ The tan lines resulting from yesterday’s epic bike ride throughgh East Coast Park are something else. My arms look like I’ve been toiling in the fields… And yes, perfect lines around my ankles too 😢
🇸🇬 Last full day here in Singapore. After a big hotel breakfast, it’s time to head to Orchard Road for some shopping.
Grateful as always for the air-conditioned MRT to get us there. 🚇
🍜 Heading into Chinatown to meet a local Singaporean friend for dinner. We’re absolutely ravenous!
♨️ A couple of hours soaking, steaming and sauna-ing in the local onsen and I feel like a new man. Now chowing down on some dim sum back at the hotel and making plans for the evening ahead.
🚇 Anyone who’s visited will know, but one of the best things about Singapore is its public transit.
The MRT is foolproof and makes it so easy to get pretty much anywhere. Air-conditioned and scrupulously clean. I love it!
☕️ Enjoying breakfast from 31 floors up and planning another day in Singapore. Later: exploring Little India. Then: a soak in an onsen and dinner with friends.
I’ve been walking over 17,000 steps per day so far. Will today be the day I hit 18k? Quite possibly…
📸 On our way out to dinner earlier this evening…
📸 Now back at the pool for some downtime and, potentially, a nap.
