
“Ben. There’s a f***ing bear outside, and it’s stolen my cooking pot.”

“Ben. There’s a f***ing bear outside, and it’s stolen my cooking pot.”

WAKING UP EARLY (5am early), is one of the hidden pleasures of life, as long as it’s not in readiness for a long work commute. I say that, yet I’ve always struggled to drag myself out of bed regularly at such an hour

Space shuttle Discovery piggy backed a 747 for the short journey from Florida to D.C. this morning. The space shuttle made 39 trips into space over its lifetime and is being transport to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum for retirement.

It was the end of November and in a few festive weeks I would be immigrating permanently to the U.S. from England, to get married. Virginia Beach was part of my final experience of America as visitor.

The first in a series of articles by Stephen Chapman about a recent food and drink themed trip to Virginia Beach.

WHAT A YEAR its been- I never expected when I started this website 4 years ago it would go from an online world of posting recipes, experiments and experiences and turn into something, real, interactive and informative.

THE SHADOWS are beginning to lengthen in the east as we crawl along the 105 mile stretch. Newscasters succeeded in filling it with camera toting city dwellers today after proclaiming it the weekend for “peak fall colours”

A WHIRLWIND day of sightseeing, socialising and Mexican food in Toronto comes to an end. I say my farewells to wonderful hosts nearafar, boomergirl50 and adventureista as we step off the streetcar and suddenly I’m alone again

The weather’s taken on an autumnal nip here in the U.K., sparking dreams of future snowy adventures. Cycling Scandinavia at the start of this year was an intensely memorable experience, ticking all the right boxes at that time in my adventure-cycling journey.

I’M EMBARKING on my first press trip as a MatadorU student next month to Virginia Beach. It’s an all expenses paid four-day trip that will not only be a fascinating insight on a new destination for me, but also a look at what a press trip actually involves