Itchy Feet and Titchy Feet

A travel blog that focuses on the things that most people miss or dont care about.

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Hi, I’m Paul. This isn’t your typical travel blog — you won’t find me waxing lyrical about “hidden gems” or rating hotel pillows. What you will find is an honest account of dragging my family around the world: the bizarre things that catch my eye, the stories that probably shouldn’t be told, and the general chaos that comes with travelling with me. Think of it as a holiday diary, written by someone who notices the weird stuff.

Category: Random Thoughts

  • Chicken Soup For The Soul

    Chicken Soup For The Soul

    Christmas Day and Boxing Day are, obviously, two of the best days of the year. They are filled with love, family and warmth. But with every high there has to be a low and the days between Christmas and New Year are the best example I can give of ‘after the Lord Mayor’s show’. After…

  • Annus Horribilis

    Annus Horribilis

    There isn’t really too much to write about on a travel blog in 2020, the old ‘Rona has pretty much put paid to that. As the Queen said many years ago now, it really has been an Annus Horribilis. As I walked along the sea front back in April, in the first and hardest lockdown,…

  • Keeping it local

    Keeping it local

    I would never have asked for a global pandemic, I’m not sure many people would to be honest, but I am always looking for the positives wherever I can. One of the benefits of being penned into your local area is that you are able to explore things right on your doorstep that you have…

  • A little off menu

    A little off menu

    In these times where we can do little but think, no, dream of travelling like we used to, it can start to drive you mad after a while doing just that.  Absence really does make the heart grow fonder.  Rather than whine and mope about not being able to travel safely this year, I thought…