Weekend in the Cotswolds in May 2018

Another fab weekend away with friends in the countryside. This time we are heading to the Cotswolds to a picturesque country village.

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.

Roadtrip Europe in a Tesla in Aug 2017

By Nige on July 1, 2017 at 12:00 am
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Story: Roadtrip Europe in a Tesla in Aug 2017 Category: Travel
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Fancy a roadtrip around Europe with our new Tesla making use of the extensive network of free Tesla Superchargers. This was our chance.

Tier Point Run to San Antonio in Jul 2017

By Nige on June 1, 2017 at 12:00 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to San Antonio in Jul 2017 Category: Travel
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Another new one for me: a TP run to San Antonio in Texas. It was great to see somewhere new.

Tier Point Run to Tallinn in Jun 2017

By Nige on May 1, 2017 at 12:00 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Tallinn in Jun 2017 Category: Travel
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Another TP run to Tallinn! I was off again over a weekend in June and July to top up my TPs. Another chance to try Finnair’s A350 product.

Weekend in Tallinn in Apr 2017

By Nige on March 1, 2017 at 12:00 am
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Story: Weekend in Tallinn in Apr 2017 Category: Travel
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Haven’t I just been to Tallinn? On a TP run to Estonia via Heathrow and Helsinki? Yes I have. This time I’m taking Vick to actually walk around the place and see whether it’s as nice as everyone says it is!

Tier Point Run to Tallinn in Apr 2017

By Nige on March 1, 2017 at 12:00 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Tallinn in Apr 2017 Category: Travel
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This was a new one for me: a TP run to Estonia via Heathrow and Helsinki. This was better value than my normal TP runs to Hawaii, so I doubled up on the excitement by doing a nested TP run.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2017

By Nige on January 1, 2017 at 12:00 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2017 Category: Travel
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Hawaii again? Needed to keep my TPs ticking along so that I hit Gold for Life in the next 12 months or so (GfL).

Holiday to Australia in Dec 2016

By Nige on November 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
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Story: Holiday to Australia in Dec 2016 Category: Travel
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For my 50th we headed to Australia for 5 weeks - it was an amazing. Sydney, Great Ocean Road, Red Centre, Uluru and the Aussie Open.

Weekend at the Tennis ATP Finals in Nov 2016

By Nige on October 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
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Story: Weekend at the Tennis ATP Finals in Nov 2016 Category: Travel
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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!

Tier Point Run to Las Vegas in Nov 2016

By Nige on October 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Las Vegas in Nov 2016 Category: Travel
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Last TP run of the year – just off to Vegas for a short trip. But there’s nothing ‘just’ about Vegas!

Introducing Bobby Tesla

By Nige on July 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
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Story: Introducing Bobby Tesla Category: Travel
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Find out all about Bobby Tesla – our new Tesla Model S 90D.