So, British Airways, where are we off to next week on our mystery trip? I hope it isn’t [90s movie reference alert] a field somewhere outside a rainy American city, with Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt…

In a little exercise in compare and contrast, here’s me in the Pavilion area on #QueenAnne . And here’s the view I woke up to. Gotta love Southampton Water on a rainy day. Top of the morning, Clipper Kythira.

And lo, there are some words. Hot off whatever the digital version of “the press” is (the server?). A first glimpse of #Cunard ’s rather graceful new lady #QueenAnne , for Telegraph Travel: telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises…

In the latest episode of my new career hanging around the docks in big cities, I’m in Southampton today, taking a first look at #Cunard ’s new baby #QueenAnne , for Telegraph Travel. [Obligatory selfie]

So, earlier this month, I was at Ancient #Olympia for the lighting of the #OlympicFlame . A proper once-in-a-lifetime experience. And yet, on the Greek #Peloponnese , the ancient world is never far away. Some words for Telegraph Travel: telegraph.co.uk/travel/activit…

The coolest way into the British Museum is via the secret door…

A (relatively) early start this morning for an out-of-hours tour of the British Museum. I wonder if Ben Stiller is here. Red Carnation Hotels

Happy 200th, erm, death-day to #Byron , who popped his clogs an exact two centuries ago today while pretending to be a soldier in Greece. What? Really? Yep. It’s a good story. Some words for Telegraph Travel: telegraph.co.uk/travel/activit…

I’m going to give this chunk of metal another blast, in daylight when it’s legible. A probably overdue thanks to Ben Ross for a working relationship that is now longer than many marriages. And thanks to the Telegraph Travel crew who help put words on pages. No i in team, etc.

Good lord. So this happened. #TravelJournalistOfTheYear 2024. The Press Awards

You know it’s a big event when you get heckled on the way in. Who knew my pieces about travels in Greece were so divisive? Still, onwards with the The Press Awards.

Let the games begin. #OlympicFlame

So why am I in #Greece this time? Why, for the lighting of the #OlympicFlame at #Olympia , of course.

Hello #Greece . When did we two last meet? It’s been so damn long since I was last over. It’s been, it’s been… oh, who am I kidding, it’s been a few months. Great to see you, mate. Yeah, the usual please.

I don’t think I’d quite appreciated the level of damage to the multi-storey car park at #LutonAirport (having my flight home cancelled because of the fire there last October was trouble enough). Pity the drivers whose cars are still in there…

Fair to say that the Byzantines who built #Skopje Fortress ( #Kale ) - and the Ottomans who reinforced it - knew a thing or two about having a good view of their surroundings.

It is fair to say that downtown #Skopje has a monument or two… #NorthMacedonia