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2023 - UK, Europe, and Thailand
England, Scotland, Iceland, Norway, Thailand


Koh Samui -
Sawasdee Kahp from Koh Samui. Well, the time it took to get here was fucking ridiculous. We got the tram in Bergen at 7.15 am. Flew from Bergan to Copenhagen 10.00 - 11.00am We hung around the airport until we got on the 2.30pm flight from Copenhagen to Bangkok (10.5 hours) We then got to Bangkok at 7.00am - Thai time. We then stored ALL of our winter and wedding gear at Suvarnabhumi airport before we got the 10am flight (45 mins) to Koh Samui. We arrived at Chaweng Beach Gar
Brett Sedgwick
May 2, 20243 min read


Days 4 - 6 - Bergen 17 - 19th September 2023
We had a buffet breakfast at the Marina and relaxed as we had an 11.30am checkout. We walked slowly through the morning sun - oh yeah the sun came back on the day that we AREN”T riding down muddy mountain goat tracks - to the train station and took some pics before chilling in the sun. We grabbed our bags from the storage and jumped on the world-famous Flamsbarna train. This train went back up to Mordor, I mean Myrdal and took an hour to climb the 865 metres over 20 km of tra
Brett Sedgwick
May 2, 20245 min read


Day 3 - Oslo to Flam (via Myrdal) - 16th September 2023
Heya, We got up early, rolled the 40 keg suitcases over the cobblestones and had breaky at the train station. We found our spacious, plush seats on the train, and we were on the four-hour ride from Oslo to Myrdal station. This train ride goes all the way to Bergen, and the 7-hour ride in its entirety is considered to be one of the most picturesque in all of the world. We were breaking up the ride by stopping at Myrdal, riding bikes to Flam for the night, and getting the train
Brett Sedgwick
May 2, 20243 min read


Days 1 and 2 - Oslo 14 & 15 September 2023
Up at sparrow’s - taxi to BSI - Skybus to Airport - 2.5 hour flight to Oslo - cramped seats but we slept for most of it. - no passport...
Brett Sedgwick
May 2, 20243 min read


Days 5 and 6 - Reykjavik city centre 12 & 13th September 2023
We slept in, packed our bags and Nanna (Siggy’s misso) drove us into town. We put some fuel in the car and she dropped us off right in...
Brett Sedgwick
May 2, 20243 min read


Days 3 and 4 - Fly Over Iceland and Glacial Lake 10 & 11 September 2023
Day 3 was an easy chill day. I got up at 6am and listened to the Knights scrape a win against the Raiders in Golden Point by a penalty…...
Brett Sedgwick
May 2, 20243 min read


Day 2 - Golden Circle Tour 9th Sept 2023
Instead of navigating the Suby for a 5 hour round trip we booked in on a bus trip to circumnavigate the famous “Golden Circle” of...
Brett Sedgwick
May 1, 20244 min read


Day 1 - Edinburgh to Reykjavik - 8th Sep 2023
Up at sparrows (half 3) Airlink to Airport - Edi to Std (easy -peasy) 4 hour wait at Stansted. Recharged devices, ate, hung around....
Brett Sedgwick
May 1, 20242 min read


Days 10 - 12 The wedding at St. Andrews - 6th - 8th September 2023
The next day, guess what we had for Breaky? Give up? Pret. We then drove to a wee seaside town on the south of the fife peninsula called...
Brett Sedgwick
Oct 21, 20234 min read


Dunkeld and St. Andrews - Day 9 - 5th September 2023
Bretty cooked bacon and egg bagels for breaky before we drove to a bike hire place and cafe on the loch - which was closed. We then...
Brett Sedgwick
Oct 21, 20232 min read
Peebles and Pitlochry - Day 8 - 4th September 2023
Wee bit dusty when we arose but some homemade sourdough, homegrown eggs and home-roasted coffee, had us up and alive. We then drove a...
Brett Sedgwick
Oct 21, 20232 min read


London, Edinburgh, West Linton - Days 6 and 7 - 2nd & 3rd September 2023
London, Edinburgh, West Linton - Days 6 and 7 2nd & 3rd September2023 Up early, Pret for breaky, bus to Liverpool Station, made a dash...
Brett Sedgwick
Oct 21, 20232 min read
London - Day 5 - 1st September 2023
Ever since Bob has passed away, Jen has woken up at 4.30 am. My body clock is still not right either and we got up at 5 am to see the sun...
Brett Sedgwick
Oct 20, 20233 min read
London - Day 4 - 31st August 2023
We bid farewell to the ever-generous Eva as she dropped us and all of our ridiculous amount of luggage at Worcester Park Station. A train...
Brett Sedgwick
Oct 20, 20232 min read
London - Days 1 - 3 - 28th - 30th August 2023
After the chaos, grief, and worry of the last week, we got up at 5 am Sunday morning to get an Uber to Tuggerah to fly to London. We flew...
Brett Sedgwick
Oct 20, 20232 min read
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