Dieting on a cruise ship?

Well I had a go...

My feature about Carnival Magic appeared in today's Mail on Sunday. Read all about it here.

That's amore!

Find out why I loved pizza-making in Naples and my cruise onboard the Grand Princess in today's Mail on Sunday!

Oceania Marina

Last week my feature about Oceania's new ship Marina was published in the Mail on Sunday, read it here!

Wine tasting and pizza making

I've just come home from a yummy cruise on the newly refurbished Grand Princess ship and had a great time wine tasting in Corsica and pizza-making in Naples.

The week before I was at the naming ceremony of Celebrity Silhouette in Hamburg - both features will be in the Mail on Sunday next month.

Check out Coast magazine this month (p114) to see my feature about the beautiful Isle of Bute!

Scrummy Scotland

Read all about my Scottish foodie cruise with The Majestic Line in today's Mail on Sunday!

Yukon: larger than life

My last trip was to the amazing Yukon in northwest Canada - I'll post a link to my feature when it's published. I had a great time hiking with huskies, flightseeing over glaciers and attempting to mountain bike through the boreal forest!

While I was away my feature about top romantic cruises was published in the Mail on Sunday.

Cuba

My feature about the Fred.Olsen cruise around the Caribbean was published in last week's Mail on Sunday.

Mail on Sunday travel supplement

I'm in the very grey UK at the moment, but am cheering myself up by writing about my recent trip to Cuba!

Yesterday my Greenland, Rhine and Broome features were in the Mail on Sunday travel supplement. Five newsagents were sold out, so it took a while to get my hands on a copy!

Australia and South Africa

I am officially in love with Cuba after visiting Havana on a Fred.Olsen cruise just before Christmas.

While I was away my report about a wonderful Orion cruise in The Kimberly, Australia was published as was my feature about the filming of the TV show Wild at Heart in South Africa.

Africa

I've just come home from three weeks in Africa - most of the time was spent travelling along the coast of west Africa and I had a few days in South Africa on a game reserve to finish off the trip. I'll post links to future features.

While I was away my feature about an Inuit cruise was published in Wanderlust magazine (on sale now, page 56!) and my feature about a cruise in Tahiti was also published.

Next week I'm off to the Caribbean, Cuba and Mexico... back Christmas Eve!

Sicily and Ottawa

I've actually been in the UK for a few weeks (shock horror!). I did a lovely food cruise around Bute and Loch Fyne (mmmm seafood) with Majestic Line and have been writing a travel guide to my hometown of Bath for Simonseeks.

Recently I've had a feature published about Ottawa in the Independent on Sunday and one about a cruise around Sicily in the Mail on Sunday: check them out.

Off to Africa in November!

Cambridge

Check out my feature about Cambridge here

Hello stranger

Ah my poor neglected little blog, I'm sorry. It's been a really busy few months... I spent a fantastic two weeks in Arctic Canada with Cruise North (stories in the Mail on Sunday and Wanderlust soon) and have just got back from three weeks away with Voyages to Discovery on a Grand Voyage to Norway, Faroes, Iceland and Greenland.

Tomorrow I'm off to Europe to do a cruise down the Rhine so this is just a short post to update everyone. I've added features to my portfolio from the new issue of Cruise International, Conference & Incentive Travel magazine and the Mail on Sunday.

The plan was to revamp my website and blog in October, but I'm going to be writing a travel guide to Bath for www.simonseeks.com so that may be put on hold... watch this space!

G'day mate

I'm home from three brilliant weeks in Oz - mainly in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Highlights were; camping amongst the crocodiles and waterfalls in Kakadu National Park; cruising along the Kimberly coast and stopping at Aboriginal rock art sites, reefs, gorges and horizontal waterfalls; and learning all about the pearling history of beautiful Broome.

While I was away my features about Silversea Silver Spirit and about cruising down the Mekong were published in the Mail on Sunday (see link in portfolio) and also my feature about breadmaking at Eckington Manor was published in BBC Countryfile magazine.

Next Sunday I'm off to Arctic Canada with Cruise North!

Star Clippers, Voyages to Antiquity

Howdy, it's been a busy few weeks for me!I've just got back from a mini-break cruise around the French Riviera with Star Clippers on a four-masted tallship and am off to Italy tomorrow on new cruise line Voyages to Antiquity's cultural cruise to Sicily. I'll post links when the features appear later this year in the Mail on Sunday.

Tahiti and beyond...

So I battled the ash cloud to make it to Paris for my flight to Tahiti last week and enjoyed a lovely week onboard the Paul Gauguin, visiting Bora Bora and other beautiful Polynesian islands for a Mail on Sunday feature that will be appearing later this year.

This weekend I spent the night onboard Silversea's new ship Silver Spirit and my review will also be appearing in the Mail on Sunday soon.

Look out for my interview with Jilly Goolden and a feature about cruise and stay packages in the new issue of Cruise International magazine, out soon. 

Where have I been?

I've just got back from a river cruise in Holland and Belgium with Avalon Waterways and thought I should update my blog. I'm working on a new website, which I am hoping to launch soon - but I'm away so much it's been delayed!

My review of the cruise ship MSC Magnifica was in this week's Mail on Sunday and you can also read my features about Six of the Best Libraries in this issue of the Sunday Times Travel Magazine and find out my Top 10 luxury cruise destinations in Cruise International magazine. My feature about celebrity chefs is also in the April/May issue of Cruise International.

Tenerife

My feature about the San Blas resort in Tenerife was published in today's Mail on Sunday. Read it online here.

Cape Town - Mail on Sunday

My feature about the new One & Only hotel in Cape Town was published in the Mail on Sunday this week. Click here to read it.

Mail on Sunday: North Cyprus

My feature about North Cyprus appeared in today's Mail on Sunday. Look out for my feature about a cruise down the Danube in the latest issue of Cruise International magazine.