Last month, I stayed at the Terrace Ridge Resort in Davenport, Florida, whilst in Orlando for a week. Before visiting, there was little information about the resort available on the internet and few visitors to the accommodation there had reviewed their stays on Trip Advisor. Below is the account of my enjoyable stay there, which does also appear on...

To avoid the rush on the high street, I decided to do much of my Christmas shopping online last month. Aside from being convenient, the prices online were often a lot cheaper than what the high street could offer anyway. It was a no-brainer. All of the websites that I used kept to their pre-Christmas delivery promises – even when ordering in the...

Another trip is on the horizon – and it’ll be visit number eight to Thailand. With me travelling at Easter, the prices were already quite steep, so I was keen to take advantage of ‘best price guarantees’ offered by no end of travel agencies and to try and save a few pounds more on my fare. Unfortunately, one particular travel...

In the middle of September, it was renewal time for me, and after much saving, it was time to look at spending a couple of days flying and getting myself signed off for another year as a multi-engine and instrument-rated pilot. But with one school in the UK wanting £425 per hour for use of their Piper Seneca aircraft, I had to look at alternative options,...