Starting to write a blog is becoming increasing popular. A lot of people have the misconception that it is an easy way to make a fast buck. Unfortunately it requires more effort than first meets the eye. The internet is teaming with articles/ebooks/seminars/videos which comprehensively explain how to start a blog – from choosing your… Read more
How Technology is Changing the Olympics
I wasn’t initially planning to attend any of the Olympic events because quite frankly I thought that the ticketing system was a complete joke: You had to produce the cash up front for the tickets for any events that you were interested in, (i.e. if you wanted to go to 10 events, you would pay… Read more
I beat United Airlines
I have been waiting to write this post for a while. As some of you will know, Mrs Scot and I visited Roatan in June and had a very pleasant outward journey with United Airlines. What I didn’t tell you is that we sure as hell paid for the good luck on the return journey…. Read more
Free Fuel for a Year!
The prices at the pumps are still at close to all-time highs and many of us are feeling the pinch when it comes to pumping our petrol. Luckily, Swiftcover are offering an amazing opportunity to win free fuel for a year! Whether you are a motorway mile muncher, or a city car cruiser you would… Read more
Quickest Ways to Save Money
There’s a strong element of truth in that old saying, “Look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves”. If you are struggling to save enough money for that deposit on a house, or towards your next holiday, here are some tips for how you can build your savings as quickly as possible…. Read more
Should Insurance Information be Displayed on Your Car?
A surprising fact that has come to light recently is that up to 1.2 million vehicles are being used on the road in the UK without having insurance cover in place. The consequences for anyone involved in an accident with someone who has no insurance can be disastrous. Some have therefore called for the introduction… Read more
Blue Turaco, Mto Wa Mbu, Tanzania
The following is a guest post from Off The Beaten Path – A great resource for unconventional Travel Destinations (right up my street for sure) – Here is a taster of what they have to offer. The one downside is that each update will probably make most of us sick that we are sitting in… Read more
Taking Inspiration from the Olympics
The vast majority of us can only dream about winning an Olympic gold medal, and will have to contend with running to the top of the staircase and jumping for joy when nobody is looking, but there is no doubting that London 2012 is inspiring people across the planet to be more active. Perhaps none… Read more
How Much is Enough?
To those of you who entered my competition to win a share in the Euromillions £100M prize fund last week – bad luck – we didn’t win. In fact, nobody won. The jackpot now stands at: £119M – Wow! What an unimaginably large sum of money! I am sure that everyone has at some point… Read more
UK – Falling Out of Love and Falling Into Debt
The following guest post describes the horrendous situation that debt is causing people in the UK to get into and some of the severe personal consequences that are associated with this. Borrowing up to twice the amount of our western European counterparts, a report has found that up to 25 people every day in the… Read more
Mission Failed..
If you read my last post ‘Sunday Update‘ you will know that I was supposed to be climbing mountains around the UK all this week. Unfortunately not everything went to plan.. Here is a quick recap of what happened: We departed Edinburgh at around 7am on Monday morning. This allowed us plenty of time to… Read more
Sunday Update
Sunday Update Hello everybody. I write this post whilst at 30000ft, for today I am flying to Edinburgh. This week I will be taking part in a crazy 3 part challenge in an attempt to raise £1000 for charity. I’m supporting Shelter, a homeless charity that does some fantastic work in the UK. Myself… Read more