Monday the 28th of May saw the USA celebrate Memorial Day, an annual American holiday which serves to honour the memory of the military men and women who died while serving in the US Armed Forces.

On Wednesday we both got the train to Heysham and boarded the ferry to Douglas, there was a Great Rail Journeys group on the ferry...

The bastion of the takeaway world, loved by food snobs and the uncaring alike, pizza is (in my humble opinion), the best possible food to eat at anytime, anywhere.

Welcome to the future! Please leave your slow trains, your outdated tickets and your rackety old carriages at the door.

Occurring each year on the first Sunday of May, World Laughter Day is a worldwide celebration of all things hilarious.