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Island hopping
On Saturday 19th September, we had a free weekend so decided very last minute to hot foot it over to the Isle of Wight. This was not...

Natalie Dimmock
Sep 19, 20203 min read


Slumming it in Sibiu
On 14th August, we drove the 97km (2 hours) from Deva to Sibui arriving at just after 2pm and in time for a nap - so organised! Parking...

Natalie Dimmock
Sep 15, 20202 min read


So long Romania
On our last day in Romania, we stayed very near to the Optemi Airport in an apartment hosted by homestay.ro, booked via Booking.com for...

Natalie Dimmock
Aug 15, 20202 min read


Dacian Fortresses of the Orăștie Mountains
On 12th August we drove from Turda to Deva (136km and about 3 hours with traffic) to check into our Airbnb owned by Alina. The Airbnb...

Natalie Dimmock
Aug 12, 20202 min read


Mining for salt
On 10th August, we left Sovata at just after midday after a massive downpour for the 3 hour or so drive (131km) to Turda. It also took me...

Natalie Dimmock
Aug 10, 20204 min read


Spa time in Sovata
We left our gorgeous apartment in Sighișoara at around noon on 9th August (we'd requested a "late" check out as it is usually 10am and we...

Natalie Dimmock
Aug 9, 20202 min read


Sunny days in Sighișoara
On Friday 7th August, we drove the 117km from Brașov to Sighișoara leaving at 12.45 and arriving just before 3pm. It was an easy drive,...

Natalie Dimmock
Aug 7, 20202 min read


Hiking with a husky
On 5th August, we packed up to leave Bran to do the relatively short 30 minute drive to Brașov. I kept debating whether to quickly take...

Natalie Dimmock
Aug 5, 20204 min read


Dracula's Castle at Bran
After our three nights in Bucharest, we were ready to get on the move. After two trips to the car car park going up and down in lift and...

Natalie Dimmock
Aug 3, 20204 min read


Beautiful Bucharest
From Bucharest airport, we had my usual "holy shit" moment of I'm driving in a foreign country on the "wrong" side of the road moment but...

Natalie Dimmock
Aug 1, 20202 min read


Bucharest bound!
After months of speculation thanks to the global pandemic, and our trip in May cancelled, re-planned then postponed as late as...

Natalie Dimmock
Jul 30, 20204 min read


Weston to wet and windy Wales
After seeing Jaxx in Truro, on 22 July we drove the 150 miles or so to the seaside town of Weston-Super-Mare. We'd originally booked into...

Natalie Dimmock
Jul 22, 20202 min read


Sundowners in Newquay
I'd previously thought that, if you were going to the Eden Project, you had to stay nearby but in actual fact Newquay is only 20 miles or...

Natalie Dimmock
Jul 21, 20201 min read


Cornish adventures at Eden Project
On 21 July, we had our breakfast and ran ourselves ragged (Tiger, not me) so during our lunchtime nap, one of us had a good old sleep...

Natalie Dimmock
Jul 20, 20202 min read


Glastonbury Tor-ing with a toddler
Our next week-long trip (and in our new-to-us VW Golf, rather than the much loved Smart) started in Glastonbury on 20 July, where we we...

Natalie Dimmock
Jul 19, 20202 min read


Brighton baby!
Welcome back to Tiger on Tour. Since I last wrote I have been back to work after my maternity leave ended mid-October 2019 and Tiger has...

Natalie Dimmock
Jul 9, 20203 min read


Looking for Royal Bengal Tigers with Tiger
Who flies on Friday 13th? That’d be me. We woke in the morning and took a taxi from Srimongol to Sylhet Airport for 3500 taka (£32) which...

Natalie Dimmock
Sep 13, 20193 min read


Baby supplies in Bangladesh
I thought I would write a quick evaluative post about baby stuff and what you can and can’t get in Dhaka, and in Bangladesh in general....

Natalie Dimmock
Sep 12, 20195 min read


Fishing in the mud
On 11 September we took a car and driver from the Hotel Norrjahan Grand in Sylhet to Green Leaf Guest House in Srimongol at a cost of...

Natalie Dimmock
Sep 10, 20193 min read


Gastronomy capital Sylhet
Thwarted by St Martin’s, and having watched the second boat leave and had a good cry, I thought “ok, moving on… what now” so I got a CNG...

Natalie Dimmock
Sep 10, 20193 min read
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