Ideas
A Canoe Came Back
An unexpected email brings back memories of a 50 year old canoe that I had forgotten about and that has come back ready for another 50 years!
I’m Fine with Not Doing It All
Insights from a trip to Japan about the joy of not doing it all even when that is exactly what you thought you wanted to do.
Travel in Troubled Times Again
Is 2024 another year of travel in troubled times? Experts are cautiously optimistic, advising good planning while encouraging us to get out and experience the world.
Marketing a Niche Business
Birdwatching in Barbados, staying with a family in Kenya or running in the Alps are interesting and unusual businesses. And like all niche business, they need different marketing.
I Need to Spend More Time on Social Media
Perhaps a contrarian’s view, but for my rowing travel business I need to spend more time on social media. Why and what is good social media anyway?
What’s In a Name: Classic Rowing?
Classic rowing is appearing as a new term for the most common rowing discipline. Although not yet widely used, Ruth makes the case for its adoption.
Albi and Small Cities
Let’s take a trip to Albi in the south of France, detouring on the way through sustainable and regenerative tourism and ending with suggestions on other small cities to explore.
Connection to Water
Our connection to water flows through art to health and wellbeing, making blue spaces the new green spaces.
Return to Travel: the ethical, the personal and the practical
Ruth is back in Europe and shares perspectives on whether this is a good idea or not, plus some practicalities.
Pondering Podcasts
To answer the question why are podcasts so popular we talk to rowing podcast producers and check in with a floating flamingo.