Weekend at the Tennis ATP Finals in Nov 2016

Time for our annual trip down to the O2 - looking forward to seeing the World No.1 in action - we hoped he would end the year at the top!

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 in Nov 2022

Back into the routine of running for Tier Points at the start of my BA Executive Club membership year.

Tier Point Run to Inverness in Nov 2022

By Nige on October 1, 2022 at 4:19 pm
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Inverness in Nov 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | INV | Inverness | LHR | London

Time for another TP run. This time a local one up to Inverness and back twice over one weekend.

Holiday USA West Coast Road Trip in Aug 2022

Following up on our Easter break in April 2022 to the south west of the USA, this trip takes us on a road trip down the west coast of the USA.

Early in the morning in Rancho Mirage, CA

Holiday USA SW Road Trip in Apr 2022

This is the first holiday that we have been on since we headed out to Italy for a week in Oct 2020.

Tier Point Run to Las Vegas in Feb 2022

Enjoying getting back into flying after the awful last few years. Managed to sneak in another trip in Feb with Las Vegas in my sights.

Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022

By Nige on January 1, 2022 at 7:42 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to San Francisco in Jan 2022 Category: Travel
Tags: American Airlines | AMS | Announcements | British Airways | JFK | LAX | LHR | Los Angeles | Netherlands | New York | San Francisco | SFO | Trips | USA

Managed to sneak in another trip in Jan. San Francisco is a great place to visit!

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Nov 2021

Really looking forward to my trip which takes me to Hawaii for 2 nights.

Holiday to Italy in Oct 2020

By Nige on September 1, 2020 at 12:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Holiday to Italy in Oct 2020 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

Our first proper holiday since lockdown started. We have always wanted to visit Pompeii!

Weekend in Devon in Jul 2020

By Nige on June 1, 2020 at 12:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Weekend in Devon in Jul 2020 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

Our first weekend away with our neighbours Mike and Jo to Devon. A lovely time was had by all.

Tier Point Run to Helsinki in Mar 2020

By Nige on February 1, 2020 at 12:00 am
Type: Post
Story: Tier Point Run to Helsinki in Mar 2020 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

My regular TP run to Helsinki over two weekends. Just before lockdown started in the UK. Eerily quiet in Helsinki!