Alex Gold

No pain, no gain: The endurance traveller

When The Proclaimers first confessed in 1988 that they “would walk 500 miles and… would walk 500 more”, their intention wasn’t to foreshadow a trend for endurance travelling that would develop almost 40 years later. How do I know this? Because their next piece of insightful advice was “da da...
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Posted Jul. 21, 2026

Group trips vs solo travel: Which teaches you more?

The group versus solo travel debate is one that all committed travellers should consider when booking their next getaway. This is particularly the case for a language student such as myself, as the prospects of travelling alone are ones I will need to consider prior to my year abroad. There...
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Posted Jan. 23, 2026