The story of my first date with my girlfriend

I can be a bit of a soppy bugger when I want to be and today I want to be a bit soppy so apologies beforehand. I am going to share a little story about the first date I had with Victoria (Retrosnowflake) because she is important to me and also I want brownie points...

Shoplifters review

A stunning Japanese drama that will captivate and ask the question what makes a family a family? Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters follows a family in Tokyo barely getting by lead by the father figure Osamu Shibata (LilyFranky) who in between occasional construction work has to turn to petty theft from neighbourhood stores with...

Exercising while on holiday in New York and Toronto

WHAT! Are you stupid Gilliland!? Enjoy the holiday and relax, eat well and just calm yourself down son. These are the responses I am figuring I might get from the title of this post and they may be true, but I don’t like just chilling and doing nothing all day. I like being active. I...

Training for the Mo Run

Hello! If you read the blog, you might know I like a run and then I like to talk about it, so with that out of the way here is my training plan for the next few weeks for the Mo Run 10 km race on Sunday 25th November. Last week I got the first...

Being smart with your money when choosing accommodation: part 2

Last week I wrote that when you are on a long trip you need to be quite careful with your spending habits as it is not always possible to spend 4 weeks away and stay in a hotel every night. I focused on camping and staying in hostels, which I did in Italy and Iceland....