I plan every trip around two questions: what’s the best thing to do here, and where do I eat afterwards?
For years those trips were shared. Most of the stories on this blog come from travelling with a partner, and on some trips with the kids along to set the pace, or try to. That’s the “we” you’ll see in the older posts. These days it’s just me, a pair of shoes and an appetite, and the new trips are written that way.
Work keeps me on the road for a lot of the year, so the trips I pick for myself get packed: a sunrise hike, a river to raft, a luge track ridden twelve times, then a proper meal somewhere the locals actually go. Since 2019 that’s meant New Zealand and Australia, Tahiti, Iceland, Crete, the French Alps, Canadian Rockies, a long list of US national parks and many more.
What you’ll find here
- Trail reviews with the numbers: distance, climb, how long it really took, and whether it was worth it.
- The bite after: where to eat, what to order and what to skip.
- Real itineraries, including the parts that didn’t go to plan.
What you won’t
Fluff. If something wasn’t worth the time or the money, I’ll say so, and tell you what I’d do instead.
Want a trip like this planned for you?
I’m also a travel advisor with Fora. If one of these trips looks like your kind of holiday, I can plan and book it for you: the route, the stays, the activities and the places to eat, built around how you like to travel.
For most hotel bookings it costs you nothing extra. Fora advisors are paid a commission by the hotel or travel provider, and many of Fora’s partner hotels add perks for guests booked through an advisor. For bigger, more complex trips there may be a planning fee, which I’ll agree with you up front.
Email me at hikeandabite@gmail.com or jess.hammersley@fora.travel. Tell me where you’re thinking of going, when, who’s coming, and what a perfect day looks like for you.
Good to know: when you book through me, I earn a commission from the travel provider. It doesn’t change what I write here. The reviews on this blog are my honest take on trips I took, whether or not I can book them for you.
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