First Ever Court Case in Jul 2018

Our first ever court case, fighting a parking fine. Bit of a “trial” but a great life experience.

Welcome to The Billingham Blog!

Welcome to The Billingham Blog! This is a record of Nigel and Vicky Billingham’s journey through life, primarily focusing on holidays, trips and events.

We are in the process of migrating our blog over from tumblr, which became far too restrictive with limited opportunities to expand. So we are hosting ourselves now with Hostinger.

That means it’s going to take us a while to migrate stories over, refine them and manage links to flickr photos. So bear with us!

Update on Migration Progress

03/12/2022 – All 2022 stories have now been migrated.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014

By Nige on February 25, 2014 at 4:03 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii/San Juan in Feb 2014 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | British Airways | BRU | Brussels | EWR | Hawaii | Hilton | HNL | Honolulu | JFK | LAX | LCY | LHR | London | Los Angeles | New York | Shannon | SNN | Trips | USA

Shouldn’t be scary this one - I’ve done overseas trips on my own before (well once), and I’ve worn the t-shirt, and watched the video, and read the book etc. No big deal.

Work Trip to Houston in Jan 2014

By Nige on January 1, 2014 at 6:35 am
Type: Post
Story: Work Trip to Houston in Jan 2014 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | Work

This is Vick’s first work trip abroad with Risktec. She’s on her way to spend a week with her colleagues based in Houston. This is a follow-on story from our Holiday to Las Vegas in Dec 2013.

Tier Point Run to Cancun in Jan 2014

By Nige on January 1, 2014 at 6:25 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Cancun in Jan 2014 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | Trips

This is my story of my follow-on TP run to Cancun after sharing an amazing holiday with the Vickster! This trip involves two trips to Cancun, with some recovery days spent in Henderson, Las Vegas.

Tier Point Run to Grand Cayman in Dec 2013

Bit scary this - my first overseas trip by air on my own! At 47! I’ve always had someone in tow to rely on for finding my way around, or picking up things from hotel rooms when I have left them, and there’s no one but myself to rely on.

Holiday to Las Vegas in Dec 2013

By Nige on November 1, 2013 at 12:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Las Vegas in Dec 2013 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

Spent Christmas in 2013 driving around the US South West: Las Vegas, Palm Springs, San Diego and Death Valley.

Holiday to Hawaii in Aug 2013

We’re getting the bug for this blogging lark! This will be the place we keep everyone up to date with what we are up to on our long trip to Hawaii in August 2013.

Holiday to Pacific West Coast in Jun 2012

This was our first post on our first blog! This was the place we kept everyone up to date with what we were up to on our road trip holiday on the US West Coast in June 2012.

Holiday to Pacific West Coast in Aug 2006

In Aug 2006 we explored the west coast of the US, starting in Vancouver, down over the border to Seattle, down the Pacific Coast Highway, to Los Angeles, over to the Grand Canyon and finished off at Las Vegas.