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Snowy Brighton Beach Once More

Its happened again! Although not as much snowfall as earlier in the year, Brighton has been blessed or cursed depending on your view with a pretty decent covering of snow. We we’re even able to head up to the downs [...]

3 Comments » | Brighton, Photos |

End of the Road 2009 in Photos

For me the music didn’t really get going until the Sunday when Magnolia Electric Co, Neko Case and Richmond Fontaine performed. The festival however was absolutely brilliant from the moment we arrived. End of the Road has a beautifully relaxed [...]

1 Comment » | Dorset, England, Music Festivals, Photos |

Highlights of a Krakow Stag Do

I first visited Krakow with my family over 10 years ago now so I didn’t remember too much about Krakow really only visiting the salt mines and the lovely square.
Our hotel was right on the corner of the main square [...]

3 Comments » | Poland |

Highland Cow on the Beach

This cow was spotted along with a load of its friends and family on a day out to the beach. It wasn’t the best weather for a beach holiday but they seemed to be enjoying themselves on the beach around [...]

5 Comments » | Photos, Scotland |

Snowy Snow Brighton Beach Photos

I can’t recall there ever being thick snow on Brighton and Hove beach, so yesterday was a pretty special day for me. Wandering around the sea front coated in snow was a fairly surreal experience. Snow brings out the best in people, [...]

7 Comments » | Brighton, England, Photos |

Lewes Bonfire Night 2008

Lewes Bonfire is held every year on the 5th of November, the celebrations are made up of large torch lit procession around Lewes streets followed by a number of bonfires and firework displays in the surrounding fields. The event is [...]

1 Comment » | England |

Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall

For 400 years the Lost Gardens of Heligan we’re part of Cornish Tremayne family estate, they fell in to disrepare after 16 of the 22 gardens died in the First World War. In 1996 a group of enthusiasts decided to [...]

2 Comments » | Cornwall, England |

Green Man Festival 2008

Just returned from a fantastic weekend at The Green Man Festival in the Brecon beacons. Glanusk Park in Crickhowell was the location, a really picturesque spot for a festival, surrounded by Welsh mountains.
Green Man is a great sized festival, (10,000 [...]

5 Comments » | Music Festivals, Wales |

Camping at Toms Field, Dorset

We have just got back from 3 nights camping at Tom’s Field Camping. Its a beautiful campsite in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. Its situated in the Pubeck hills about 3 miles from Swanage in the pretty village of Langton [...]

5 Comments » | Camping, Dorset, England |

Camping in Camelford, North Cornwall

Just spent a great surfing weekend in Camelford (not toe), we stayed in a great campsite Kings Acre Touring Park, don’t let the name put you off, it’s a nice sized site in a lovely location.

Camelfords got all you need [...]

3 Comments » | Camping, Cornwall, England, Places to stay |

Grasspoint Cottage, Isle of Mull, Scotland

Situated on a peninsular in the north west of the Isle of Mull, Grasspoint cottage is where we spent a week of our Honeymoon in September 2007, with a view of the sea out of every window and hardly a [...]

3 Comments » | Places to stay, Scotland |

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    • About Ben’s Backpacking Travel Blog

      The main aim of this travel blog is to share travel experiences and hopefully inspire others to travel. When researching my own travels I always focus on the photos and with that in mind I've tried to place an emphasis on travel photos of my favourite destinations. I've also tried to focus on those places to visit and things to do that are slightly off the beaten track of the normal backpacking trip.

      My blog covers past experiences backpacking around the world and my current travels where so far I've been lucky enough to travel in the South Pacific, Australasia, South East Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
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