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I’ve just unearthed some of my old travel journals during one of those sorting-clearing spring-cleaning sessions. A travel journal from one of my earliest trips through south-east Asia, and another from a more recent visit to France have re-surfaced, which between them span many miles of travel over many years. Viewing them side by side the […]
Forget the generic travel journal… when going off on a short break or holiday in Australia Lets face it, you’re on holiday ~ you want to relax, have fun. For highlighting your holiday adventures simply summarize your trip on a single sheet with a Journey Jottings Map Journal. For flying visits make a dash to your destination! With a […]
No generic journals, please! I never take a generic journal away with me when I go travelling , bought prior to the trip. One of my ‘travel secrets‘ is to buy a small (my preference is an A6 sized) jotter/notebook in each country/region I visit so associations of the travel journal are connected to the place […]
Map Journal Map Journals are Journey Jottings’ signature product having come into being when I returned from a trip to the Northern Territory, Australia and felt my traditional travel journal just didn’t cut it when it came to showing and sharing with family and friends where I’d been on my travels and what adventures I’d had. […]
“Up at 8 this morning & Prepared our luggage for landing. Mr Tate & the Guv’nor arrived at 10.30 & soon we had all our cabin stock on board a small sailing yacht & landed at Sandridge Pier at 12 where we were soon spotted by a buggyman, who seemed very sharp fellows & anxious […]
“Several squalls during the night & the rolling was awful. I was called according to an arrangement made last night at 3am & I immediately began paying Master Joey out for his game of the night before by rousting him out every quarter hour till 5 when he could not stand it any longer & […]
“All excitement today Looking out for the first land we shall sight since we saw the Isle of Wight. Fine morning with the exception of a shower of rain for a short time. At 12 we had 50 miles to go to get to Cape Otway. The first mate & captain were on the lookout […]
“Up at 8.30. The wind has dropped a little today & we are not doing so much now. We are now in Lat 40 S & Long139 15”E & we hope to sight Cape Otway tomorrow & end our journey by Saturday. Have been very busy all day getting our things into respectable order before […]
“It has been a glorious day hot sun & no rain. In the morning Joey & I had some beer & for dinner they gave us fresh pork which was a treat as it was the first fresh meat since we left the downs. In the afternoon we had a sleep to digest the plum […]
“Up at 7.30. A fine day, dry but cold wind & going along beautifully. We have now only 800 miles to do & if the breeze continues we are certain of arriving there this week. Some very large seas have been over today & one came through the ventilators on the roof swamping Joey & […]
