World Of Winfield

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James Went To Tokyo, Japan

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Ohhhhh Tokyo. Where do I start? Should anyone that knows me be reading, then you’ll know I booked flights with my sister to go in 2020. Two days after booking them, I read a small news article about a mystery virus in China. Then they carried on with mask-wearing for a good year or two after we discarded them, so I decided to wait a bit longer before re-booking. Then my sister was diagnosed with heart failure. I wasn’t going without her. And around last July, on bonus day at work, I checked the flight prices – just £850 return … Continued

James Went To Granada, España

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From Rabat in Morocco, I went onto Granada. I had decided to book a couple of days in Spain after going to Morocco, in case I hadn’t been able to have a beer in the sun. Yes, a beer in the sun is that important to me. Especially during February when booking such holidays after months of incessant cloud in the UK. And Granada had been on my list for a while, so the plan was fly to Malaga, get a train to Granada. Simple. Except…there was no flight from Rabat to Malaga, so I had to book a train … Continued

James Went To Rabat, Morocco

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Although I felt at home in Tangier by the end, especially in my rather nice hotel, it was time to move on to Rabat, the capital city of Morocco. Plus I’d get to go on a faster train that I’d even been on in the UK. Yep, high speed rail in Africa. Maybe we’ll one day have high speed rail in the UK. I didn’t take to Rabat at first. Arriving at my hotel, my room had around 20 or so flies circling which was pretty grim. They changed my room to one that smelled of newly-sprayed cleaning spray with … Continued

James Went To Tangier & Chefchaouen, Morocco

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I had never been to Morocco. I had never even been to Africa. And with sunshine required following yet another long, cloudy winter in London, and cheap flights to Tangier at the end of March, I set off for my first trip of 2026. Why Tangier? Well it wasn’t on my list of places to visit, but very much Morocco was. Chefchaouen was on my wishlist of places to visit, and a day trip was viable from Tangier so that was one reason. Flights were cheap. 4 star hotels (the perils of being used to living a nice flat) were … Continued

Claude Planned My Next 20 Years Of Holidays

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aerial photography of grey concrete road

So I asked Claude to plan my next 20 years of holidays. I’m not bothered about visiting every country in the world – no offence to the Taliban or Kim Yong Un, but I can cope without visiting places with a fair chance of imprisonment/death. But I’d like to get to at least 100 countries. Plus I love my weekends away in Europe. I enlisted Claude to create me a plan for the next 20 years. All reasonably safe countries, and all European Capitals of Culture. Not including places I’d already visited, and trying to not use more than 20 … Continued

It’s So Funny, I Don’t Blog About Politics Any More

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Houses Parliament, Sunset (1903) Claude

I don’t blog about politics any more. Well, not like I used to anyway – I explained my decision in 2024 as to why I was voting Labour, but otherwise I’ve gradually given up on blogging about politics. To be fair, I struggle to get around to blogging much, apart from my roast dinner reviews, of course – which still feature the latest from the morons (and paedophiles) in charge, mostly over the pond. I quite often have blog posts in my head that I could write…but don’t. Even this blog post about not writing blog posts about politics has … Continued

Favourite Things Of 2025

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Favourite Restaurant Meal This is bloody depressing but my favourite meal in a restaurant, not a roast dinner, in 2025 was a vegan dish at Mildreds. From memory, I think it was beans, potato in a fake chorizo sauce (it did taste like chorizo too) with crispy onions – and other stuff going on. It was very impressive. Great texture too with the crispy onions. Favourite Restaurant Meal on Holiday I feel like I had a lot of average food on holidays this year – especially in places like Santorini. One dish really stands out though, and it was just … Continued

2026 Goals

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For some reason I like to make my life more complicated, and after complaining about having to write about 46 goals last year, I now have 55 for my 2026 goals. It might feel like micro-managing but there are broader goals – to lose weight, be healthier, expand my knowledge and earnings – and to bloody well enjoy the year ahead. Setting goals does seem to work. And this year I’m attaching them to an actual target, so the percentage achieved will determine where I go for my first solo-holiday of 2027. Only 50%, then northern Europe. But if I … Continued

Review of 2025 Goals

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Time for my review of 2025 Goals. Hang on…I made how many goals? 46? And I need to write something about each of them? Jeez. Get Fit, Feel Fab Lose 11kg. Well I started well on this, lost around 8kg by the end of my detox. Then I put quite a few kg back on when I did my 3 holidays in 5/6 weeks thing. Then December I just gave up. Overall, I gained 1.5kg, which is pretty fucking depressing. Score of 0%.Do 3 forms of exercise that are not walking. Possibly this is cheating, but I decided that doing … Continued

25 Moments Of 2025

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It’s time for a round-up of my moments of 2025. As always, most of these relate to my life, most of these are positive, joyous, fun moments – but a few are darker too. Starting with… 25. Millwall Away I hadn’t been to a Hull game all season, we seem to be in a groove where we are never playing at home when I visit Hull, even on Boxing Day. Then my sister suggested that we go to Millwall away, and go around the Millwall pubs with a friend of hers. Millwall? Anyway, he was a proper Millwall geezer, supporting … Continued