Weekend at the Tennis ATP Finals in Nov 2016

Time for our annual trip down to the O2 - looking forward to seeing the World No.1 in action - we hoped he would end the year at the top!

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.

Tier Point Run to Helsinki in May 2019

By Nige on April 1, 2019 at 12:00 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Helsinki in May 2019 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

Another TP run to Helsinki over two weekends. Originally scheduled to start a few days after our house move, I had to move this TP run to May.

Creating our New Garden in Apr 2019

By Nige on April 1, 2019 at 12:00 am
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Story: Creating our New Garden in Apr 2019 Category: Home
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

What about our garden? This series of posts explains how we went about designing and building the garden in our new home.

Tier Point Run to Phoenix in Mar 2019

By Nige on March 1, 2019 at 12:00 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Phoenix in Mar 2019 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

Another trip to Phoenix for a couple of nights via Bucharest, Helsinki, Heathrow and New York.

Setting up our New Home in Feb 2019

By Nige on February 1, 2019 at 12:00 am
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Story: Setting up our New Home in Feb 2019 Category: Home
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

So we have moved in – what’s next? This series of posts explains the changes we made to our new home.

Moving to our New Home in Jan 2019

By Nige on January 1, 2019 at 12:00 am
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Story: Moving to our New Home in Jan 2019 Category: Home
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

So we are actually moving! This series of posts explains the approach we took and how things worked out.

Holiday to Hawaii in Dec 2018

By Nige on November 1, 2018 at 12:00 am
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Story: Holiday to Hawaii in Dec 2018 Category: Travel
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After the BIG ONE in May, this is a more relaxed trip to our very favourite destination!

Search for a New Home in Oct 2018

By Nige on October 1, 2018 at 12:00 am
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Story: Search for a New Home in Oct 2018 Category: Home
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

After talking about moving down south for years, it was time to take action.

Weekend at the Tennis ATP Finals in Nov 2018

By Nige on October 1, 2018 at 12:00 am
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Story: Weekend at the Tennis ATP Finals in Nov 2018 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

Another of our regular trips down to the O2 to see the ATP World Tour tennis finals.

Tier Point Run to Phoenix in Nov 2018

By Nige on October 1, 2018 at 12:00 am
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Story: Tier Point Run to Phoenix in Nov 2018 Category: Travel
Tags: Announcements | Pending Migration

I headed away to Phoenix for one night via Bucharest, Helsinki, Heathrow and Philadelphia.

Weekend in Bletchley Park in Sep 2018

By Nige on August 1, 2018 at 12:00 am
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Story: Weekend in Bletchley Park in Sep 2018 Category: Travel
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A relaxing weekend away to Bletchley Park with the Starbucks crew including a slap-up steak dinner in the Carrington Arms restaurant.