Author Profile: Tina Walker

Chicago is the nation’s railroad hub and this is very evident wherever you walk around downtown. Crossing over the railway soon becomes a walking habit and when you’re not doing that you are walking across the river! The Chicago River runs through the city of Chicago, starting 40 miles north of the downtown loop area and connecting into Lake Michigan. It adds another dimension to the city that I’d not...   view more

As part of our Route 66 journey we entered New Mexico and having stayed at the famous Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari we travelled 195 miles north west to Santa Fe, following the original “Mother Road” as much as possible. As you enter the city you are immediately struck by the wonderful adobe houses. History pours from the walls of these unique...   view more

If adventure is to experience different ideologies, new places and ways of life, alternative cultures and the exploration of opinions then Glastonbury is the place to do this. It is an absolute hive of activity buzzing with people unafraid to be themselves whilst surrounded by the trappings of a modern society and enclosed within the remains of a medieval...   view more

I have been fortunate enough to visit many capital cities during my travels from London in the UK, to Rome in Italy, San Jose in Costa Rica, Georgetown in Grand Cayman and the list goes on but our visit to Washington stands out as being up there in my Top...   view more

Where travelling further afield isn’t currently possible for us it’s nice just to get away for an overnight stay which is what hubby and I decided to do this week. We firstly travelled to Evesham before a bargain overnight stay at the Premier Inn at Evesham Country Park and then moving on to Stratford-upon-Avon on the second day. Whilst the town of Stratford-upon-Avon isn’t officially in the Cotswolds it sits on the northern most edge so I have chosen to include it in my series about...   view more

Whilst we spent time driving around the island of Grenada in our hire car my final post centres around its capital -Saint George’s. Located on a horse-shoe shaped harbour, frequented by all sizes of cruise ship and surrounded by the hillside of an old volcanic crater Saint George’s sits in the south west of the...   view more

Our first visit to Utrecht was two years ago as part of a three month adventure in Western Europe and it was always somewhere we wanted to revisit. We have friends who live just south of the airport and so we recently combined a trip to see them with a few days based in Utrecht, both revisiting this fascinating city and also using it as a base to catch the train to a couple of other...   view more

Rotterdam is the second largest city in The Netherlands after Amsterdam having developed from it’s beginnings as a small fishing village on the banks of the River Rote in 1250. It lies 19 miles away from the North Sea and is connected to this major trading waterway via The New Waterway Canal. This makes it the largest port in Europe and currently one of the largest in the world as a whole. A large percentage of the city’s economy is still based upon...   view more

Las Vegas is full of beautiful architecture and whilst some may frown at the duplication of worldwide sites onto the Las Vegas Strip it is a great walk from the southern end of the strip at the Luxor Casino to Caesars Palace. It’s about 2 miles but there are so many architectural spectacles to admire. Depending upon what time of the year you travel you might need to take a break en route and escape from the desert...   view more

Nailsworth is a small but very welcoming town and like its nearby neighbour Stroud was once noted for its involvement in the Cotswolds wool trade. Many mills were built and used during the successful wool and cloth trade, but they have now been converted to new uses such as restaurants and hotels, like Egypt Mill, which stands near the centre of town. As a result of this history it is said to have the largest number of working water wheels per square mile in the...   view more