Places I've been

Busy compiling a list of when I was where

This blog has been running for a while, but I've recently been going back through thirty years of trips to get everything written up properly. This post is a running index — a list of everywhere we've been, year by year, with links as posts get written. Some of these already have full write-ups; others are placeholders waiting for the words to catch up with the memories.

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1997 Paris — honeymoon (Eurostar from London)

~1998 Egypt

1997–1999 European travels — based in Thatcham, Berkshire

2006 Olympic Peninsula, Washington — hot springs, canoeing, otters Wales & London — Christmas (Helen & Alan's wedding)

2007 San Diego — April Anderson Island — 10th wedding anniversary, May Sun Mountain Lodge, Winthrop — July Westport camping, Twin Harbors State Park — September Maui — October

2009 Hawaii

2011 Florida Keys — April Hurricane Ridge & Cape Flattery — Mum and Dad's visit

2012 Costa Rica — Cloud Forest Lodge, July Wales & London — Christmas, December–January

2013 Belize — Placencia, August

2014 Nicaragua — Granada & San Juan del Sur, August–September

2015 UK — Oxford, Wales, Stonehenge & Glastonbury, June

2016 Las Vegas — April Jamaica — Frenchman's Cove, Port Antonio, June–July

2017 Iceland, UK & Amsterdam — July–August

2018 Cambodia — Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) & Sihanoukville, June–July

2019 UK, Rome & Naples — July

2020 Whistler, Canada — skiing, February Oregon Coast — Cannon Beach, October

2021 UK — visiting Nathan in Plymouth, July–August

2022 Bainbridge Island — 25th wedding anniversary, April Israel & Petra, Jordan — June Victoria BC — August

2023 UK & Dublin — summer

2024 New York — Andrew & Debra, February Peru — Lima, Paracas, Cusco, Machu Picchu & Iquitos, June–July

2025 Alaska — Anchorage, Matanuska Glacier, Fairbanks & the Arctic Circle, April ✓ UK, Dublin, Cardiff & Kraków — River & Aria's celebration, June–July Wales — solo trip, October

2026 Ecuador & Galápagos — Quito, Cotopaxi, Baños, Amazon & the Galápagos Islands, June–July