Weekend to the Peak District in Mar 2014

In Mar 2014 we went on our weekend away with friends to the Peak District. We always had a great laugh on our weekends away.

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.

Weekend to St Petersburg in Aug 2016

By Nige on July 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
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We have always wanted to visit Russia, so St Petersburg was our pretty destination.

Holiday to New York in Aug 2016

By Nige on July 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
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We had an amazing offer from Copenhagen to New York (via Heathrow) for less than £950 in business class.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Jul 2016

By Nige on June 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
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I know, I know – Hawaii again! I just couldn’t help myself. I blamed BA for offering such good sale prices for amazing trips to the other side of the world!

Weekend to Rome in Jun 2016

By Nige on May 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
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The last time we went to Rome was, well ages ago. It’s such an amazing place, it was time to head back.

Holiday to Miami Tennis in Mar 2016

By Nige on February 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
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Heading back to Miami to finish off our trip to Miami to watch the tennis at Crandon Park to watch some tennis!

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Feb 2016

By Nige on January 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
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So I headed back to Hawaii for another Tier Point run in Feb 2016. There’s just something amazing about a quick trip over to Honolulu.

Weekend to London in Feb 2016

By Nige on January 1, 2016 at 12:00 am
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We enjoy heading down to London to sort out Russian visas in support of our trip to St Petersburg.

Holiday to Death Valley in Dec 2015

By Nige on November 1, 2015 at 12:00 am
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At the end of the year, just after Christmas we headed back to Death Valley. We loved it the last time we went and we wanted to do more in this amazing place.