Welcome

March 4, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Hi. I’m Marie and you are very welcome to HopsSkipsandJumps. If you are reading this you are probably like me – happiest when planning your next trip (or 2… or 3….!) I’m a very unlikely victim of a travel bug. Firstly, the gene pool – my parents were of that generation that only […]

HERE!

May 13, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This is on the Greenwich Meridian (London) which is located at 0 degrees. It marks the 24,859 mile distance along the earth’s North/South axis and back around to the same spot! FOR DAN’S CFFC THIS WEEK – INFORMATIONAL SIGNS

WHITE

May 3, 2026.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Shoreditch, London, 2023 FOR DEBBIE’S ONE WORD SUNDAY

Far from the Madding (Bangkok) Crowd! The Summer Palace of Bang Pa-In…

April 30, 2026.Reading time 8 minutes.

Picture the royal barge making its way along the Chao Phraya River from Bangkok to the summer palace at Bang Pa-In. It’s 1880 and the boat is carrying Queen Sunanda – the 19 year old first wife of King Chulalongkorn – and their daughter, princess Kannabhorn, not yet 2 years old. The boat runs into […]

HIGHER AND HIGHER!

April 28, 2026.Reading time 2 minutes.

Something that took me higher – for Dan’s CFFC this week…. I decided on a cable car – and then found more than one! Quality isn’t great but I certainly got higher… Albuquerque (2007) Dubrovnik (2016) Porto (2019) Cape Town (2024) La Paz (2024) Queenstown (2025)