Welcome to
ABOVE US ONLY SKIES
A world travel blog for travellers, would-be travellers and anybody else with a curious interest in ditching the routine and exploring our planet.
We’re Ian & Nicky and we’re here to inform, entertain and hopefully inspire you to explore more often and for longer.
With one caveat.
Whilst it’s still possible for many people to travel during the current pandemic, it comes with an extra responsibility to protect not just oneself but also others around us. Which means that if you do travel, please remember that we’re all in this together and respect any local laws and guidelines.
HOW TO EXPLORE THE WALLED CITY OF CHESTER
24 July 2021 – England
Dating back to the Roman period, the medieval walled city of Chester is comparable to Bath, York and Lincoln – here’s how to explore the best of it on foot…
PORT SUNLIGHT: ENGLAND'S FINEST MODEL VILLAGE
4 July 2021 – England
Port Sunlight is a gorgeous English model village close to Chester and Liverpool with a fascinating history and a world-class art gallery…
NEPAL: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
18 May 2021 – Nepal
After the double whammy of COVID-19 and a major earthquake in 2015, the people of Nepal are perhaps more desperate than most for a return to normality. And, in support, here are some of our photographic memories from a 2016 visit to the country…
THE WAGAH BORDER CEREMONY: AN INDIAN-PAKISTANI PANTOMIME
8 April 2021 – India
The Wagah Border Ceremony at the India-Pakistan frontier is a daily ritual that combines the serious business of national security with pure pantomime – here’s our front row account…
7 OF THE WORLD'S BEST ROAD TRIPS
17 March 2021 – Road Trips
There are plenty of candidates to claim a spot amongst the world’s best road trips. But we reckon these seven epic journeys are hard to beat…
HOUSESITTING IN FRANCE, SPAIN & PORTUGAL: A PANDEMIC TALE
4 March 2021 – Pandemic
It was meant to be our year for an extended road trip through western Europe, housesitting along the way. But 2020 turned into a pandemic tale of lockdowns, closed borders and ever-changing plans…
THE PERILS OF LONG-TERM TRAVEL
10 February 2021
A catalogue of tawdry tales full of mishaps, embarrassments and imagined acts of derring-do from our six years of travel…
HOW TO EXPLORE THE WALLED CITY OF CHESTER
24 July 2021 – England
Dating back to the Roman period, the medieval walled city of Chester is comparable to Bath, York and Lincoln – here’s how to explore the best of it on foot…
PORT SUNLIGHT: ENGLAND'S FINEST MODEL VILLAGE
4 July 2021 – England
Port Sunlight is a gorgeous English model village close to Chester and Liverpool with a fascinating history and a world-class art gallery…
NEPAL: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
18 May 2021 – Nepal
After the double whammy of COVID-19 and a major earthquake in 2015, the people of Nepal are perhaps more desperate than most for a return to normality. And, in support, here are some of our photographic memories from a 2016 visit to the country…
THE WAGAH BORDER CEREMONY: AN INDIAN-PAKISTANI PANTOMIME
8 April 2021 – India
The Wagah Border Ceremony at the India-Pakistan frontier is a daily ritual that combines the serious business of national security with pure pantomime – here’s our front row account…
7 OF THE WORLD'S BEST ROAD TRIPS
17 March 2021 – Road Trips
There are plenty of candidates to claim a spot amongst the world’s best road trips. But we reckon these seven epic journeys are hard to beat…
HOUSESITTING IN FRANCE, SPAIN & PORTUGAL: A PANDEMIC TALE
4 March 2021 – Pandemic
It was meant to be our year for an extended road trip through western Europe, housesitting along the way. But 2020 turned into a pandemic tale of lockdowns, closed borders and ever-changing plans…
THE PERILS OF LONG-TERM TRAVEL
10 February 2021
A catalogue of tawdry tales full of mishaps, embarrassments and imagined acts of derring-do from our six years of travel…
MEET IAN & NICKY
We’re an English couple who are backpacking, road-tripping and housesitting around the world. And this blog is a permanent record of what we see, think and do. We hope it also provides information, entertainment and inspiration for other “mature” travellers, too. So, if you’ve got a few minutes to spare, why not pour yourself a glass of something suitably chilled and take a look around!
We’re currently in
ENGLAND
