Call it a mid-life crisis, call it excitement getting the better of me (in fact, call it what-you-will) but I've taken to blogging about my round-the-world travel plans so that I can share them with anyone who wants to listen, and hopefully generate some inspiring ideas along the way.

You see, I've come to the conclusion that working in the corporate world just doesn't float my boat any more (not that it ever did) and it's time to save up (or sell up), buy a rather large back pack and realise the burning desire I've always had to travel the world....slowly. I have to admit that the inspiration came from my wife, Nicky, who in a moment of rare clarity (and after more than one glass of Sauvignon Blanc) piped up with the visionary "Tell you what, why don't we just sack the rat race and 'trot' off around the round the world for a few years". Not surprisingly then, we'll be doing the trip together.

Until then I'll try to post regularly on how the plans are going and share some of my favourite destinations to date.