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.

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.

Holiday to the Far East in Nov 2015

By Nige on October 1, 2015 at 12:00 am
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Story: Holiday to the Far East in Nov 2015 Category: Travel
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Headed out to the Far East in Nov 2015 – me and J. We started in Singapore and then popped up to Kuala Lupur.

Holiday to Cornwall in Sep 2015

By Nige on August 1, 2015 at 12:00 am
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Story: Holiday to Cornwall in Sep 2015 Category: Travel
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Well this was a bit different – a holiday in the UK. There was a bit of planes, trains and automobiles involved as well, so was full of entertainment.

Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Aug 2015

By Nige on July 1, 2015 at 12:00 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Hawaii in Aug 2015 Category: Travel
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What can a guy do? Another trip to Hawaii. These trips were so cheap and so many TPs could be earned.

Holiday to Hawaii in Jul 2015

By Nige on June 1, 2015 at 12:00 am
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Story: Holiday to Hawaii in Jul 2015 Category: Travel
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Vick's second trip to Hawaii - this time we are visiting Kauai and Maui, so should be a fab trip.

Weekend in Winchester in Jun 2015

By Nige on May 1, 2015 at 12:00 am
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Story: Weekend in Winchester in Jun 2015 Category: Travel
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Headed down to Winchester to see Andrew and Sam. Add in a bit of sailing with Andrew as skip. Turned out to be fun.

Tier Point Run to Indonesia in Jun 2015

By Nige on May 1, 2015 at 12:00 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Indonesia in Jun 2015 Category: Travel
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This TP Run started last month with our weekend away to Dusseldorf. Heading east to Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong and finishing in Jakarta.

Weekend to Dusseldorf in May 2015

By Nige on April 1, 2015 at 12:00 am
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Story: Weekend to Dusseldorf in May 2015 Category: Travel
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Popped over to visit Dusseldorf for the first time, to allow me to start a TP run to Indonesia. We looked forward to visiting a new place.

Weekend in Ambleside in May 2015

By Nige on April 1, 2015 at 12:00 am
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Story: Weekend in Ambleside in May 2015 Category: Travel
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Headed back to Ambleside for some walking and a relaxing time away from everything.

Holiday to Miami Tennis in Mar 2015

By Nige on February 1, 2015 at 12:00 am
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Story: Holiday to Miami Tennis in Mar 2015 Category: Travel
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Heading to Miami for the Miami Masters Tennis tournament. Primarily for Vick, but I popped over to Grand Cayman and Hawaii.

Tier Point Run to Helsinki in Jan 2015

By Nige on January 1, 2015 at 12:00 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Helsinki in Jan 2015 Category: Travel
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Another Tier Point run! This one took me to Helsinki overnight, and I really mean overnight literally in the airport – I hadn’t done that before.