Two years ago today I quit my soul-sucking office job to go into full-time travel writing. The timing was abysmal, but it worked out alright in the end.

Go for the football, stay for the burnt ends. IYKYK. @VisitKC @Independent https://t.co/pO1WDwGcms

This was a lovely surprise on Tuesday night! 🥇 Many thanks @jrnymag - here’s to another 10 issues 🍾

It’s snowing this morning. Seems an appropriate day to join @bluesky. See ya’ll over there 👍

@VisitKC @Q39KC @chefjbbq @joeskc

My Kansas City BBQ feature for @NatGeoTravelUK is now online - chock full of brisket, ribs and those delightful burnt ends. https://t.co/FMr8uvjpW0

Never leaving the desert 🌵

@jtmusicfest

Went to @JoshuaTreeMusic to dance in the desert - I highly recommend 🕺🌵

Find me in the desert

It’s good to be back

My kind of Vegas

A very well-lit evening stroll through the @NeonMuseum in Las Vegas 🎰

In a desert daze 🎰

A nice way to end the week - my feature on Kansas City’s epic BBQ scene is in this month’s @NatGeoTravelUK 🇺🇸 Buy a copy! 🔥

Amazing night at the Villa It was always going to finish 1-0, wasn’t it? UTV

Many thanks to @AITOHQ for shortlisting me in this year's Travel Writer of the Year Awards for my @TelegraphTravel feature on California's historic Gold Rush towns! Really honoured, and congrats to everyone else nominated. https://t.co/m2P7VR4ghF

My review of Dublin's lovely new Leinster hotel for @TelegraphTravel 🇮🇪 @ThePCAgency @TourismIreland https://t.co/Db6pOJII1A

My feature on Vancouver during autumn in today’s @travelmail. Hire a bike, cycle around Stanley Park and thank me later.

@VisitBritain @VisitEngland @Den_Gamle_By @BCLivingMuseum

https://t.co/bAGnF8OeCt Better late than never - completely forgot I wrote this one for @fodorstravel. Odd, as I usually never miss a chance to plug the mighty @PHDockyard.