Photos from my trips over the years

I live in Brighton and Gatwick airport is our nearby gateway to Europe. I discovered the South of France about 13 years ago and have been going regularly ever since.

It’s so easy. You can leave Brighton on a cold wet rainy day and be eating lunch in Nice three hours later. Sitting in cafes looking at the mediterranean through palm trees.

I once met a guy there who said he regularly flew out early in the morning, had a great day in Nice, and flew back to the UK late evening. I was intrigued by the concept of seeing Europe as ‘local’ – part of an extended backyard to explore. It felt like some kind of secret alternative way of extending the possibilities of life in a glamorous yet low budget Easyjet kind of way. I’ve always worked in retail so am definitely not rich, but you don’t have to be.

I realised after Lockdown that casual air travel isn’t great environmentally (tho I don’t use a car), so I’ve cut back on visits in recent years, but here’s a few pics of our most recent trip, our first with Baby Violet, plus some pics from previous holidays (or temporarily living somewhere else, as I like to think of it).