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  • USA Travel Diaries: “Star” Spotting in Los Angeles
    California | International Travel | Road Trip | Travel Diaries | USA

    USA Travel Diaries: “Star” Spotting in Los Angeles

    Byemfletche August 21, 2015January 6, 2026

    It’s our final full day in the US, and the final leg of our journey – Cambria to Los Angeles. We pack the Fletchemobile once more and set off at 9:30am after grabbing a light breakfast from the hotel office. We decide to fill up at the gas station that we passed driving to Main…

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  • USA Sept 2010 – Big Sur: The most amazing coastal drive!
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    USA Sept 2010 – Big Sur: The most amazing coastal drive!

    Byemfletche August 20, 2015July 21, 2020

    The alarm tolls at 8am – a veritable lie-in this morning – and after grabbing a quick pastry for breakfast, we’re all checked out and ready to leave Monterey behind. As we return to Route 1, it is clear how foggy it is today and we can barely see the ocean. However this leads to…

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  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
    California | International Travel | Travel Diaries | USA

    USA Road Trip: Whale-watching in Monterey

    Byemfletche August 20, 2015July 23, 2024

    “The ocean is rough – very rough – and it’s not long before the first passenger is hanging over the back of the boat, expelling anything they may have eaten for breakfast. Once one person starts – that’s it…there’s a queue of people vomiting”

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  • USA Travel Diaries: From San Francisco to Monterey
    California | International Travel | Monterey | Road Trip | Travel Diaries | USA

    USA Travel Diaries: From San Francisco to Monterey

    Byemfletche August 17, 2015August 12, 2025

    We’re only almost ready to leave San Francisco behind; there are still two things that we have to do.  We pack everything into the Fletchemobile – raring to go after a 2 day rest – and check out of the Hotel Del Sol at 8:30am. First thing: Driving down Lombard Street – the crooked bit. At…

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  • San Francisco Travel Diaries: Golden Gate Park and Alcatraz
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    San Francisco Travel Diaries: Golden Gate Park and Alcatraz

    Byemfletche August 16, 2015August 18, 2022

    It’s our second and final day in San Francisco. It’s time to tick Golden Gate Park, Haight Ashbury and Alcatraz off the sightseeing list. Welcome to the second part of our San Francisco Travel Diaries

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  • USA Sept 2010 – Walking, big hills, more walking…. Discovering San Francisco
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    USA Sept 2010 – Walking, big hills, more walking…. Discovering San Francisco

    Byemfletche August 16, 2015July 21, 2020

    It’s Saturday morning, it’s 8:30am, it’s time to discover San Francisco! Of all the places visited on this road trip, it was deciding on an “itinerary” for our two full days in San Francisco which gave me the biggest headache. The city has so many iconic “must-sees” that it became something of a nightmare putting…

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  • Driving Yosemite to San Francisco: A USA Road Trip
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    Driving Yosemite to San Francisco: A USA Road Trip

    Byemfletche August 16, 2015October 24, 2026

    It’s time to leave the National Park behind and head from Yosemite to San Francisco. No more mountains, trees and meadows – it’s all freeway and skyscrapers

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  • Tunnel View at sunset, Yosemite
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    USA Road Trip Diaries: Amateur Hiking in Yosemite National Park

    Byemfletche August 12, 2015July 11, 2021

    Yosemite National Park is breathtakingly beautiful. But you don’t have to put yourself through a long, challenging hike to enjoy the scenery!

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I’m Emmalene, a forty-something born and bred Brummie. Married to Chris. AKA Mr Fletche, taker of photographs, driver abroad and long-suffering travel companion.

I’m a big advocate of eating, drinking and supporting local independent businesses.

But travel is my passion. Simple, easy travel. Here you’ll find how to cram all the sights into a weekend city break. Accidental hikes. Travel fails. Honest rambling travel diaries. Where to find craft beer, gin and street food.

We fit travel around full-time jobs, making the most of weekends, Bank Holidays and maximising those precious annual leave days!

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