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Warning: only read on if you are not the jealous type. I’m in Furano, in central Hokkaido, Japan’s north island. Any Japan spods will know that it’s illegal to ski off-piste in Furano (and it’s not just one of those empty threats either – I know s…

Today I achieved two long-held ambitions – to go to the Sapporo Snow Festival, and to eat Kobe beef. More on both later, but suffice to say both were a spectacle. Kobe beef cows, incidentally, really are massaged with beer, but not, as I had alway…

Getting to Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island, is always going to be a faff. Of course, if you have time, a faff is exactly what you want. It’s while faffing that you meet people and see all the weird signs, bits of tat, delicious and suspiciou…

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I wrote some suggestions for things the non-skier can do while their skiing partner is on the slopes on a Valentine’s weekend away, for Along the Thames magazine (www.alongthethames.co.uk). I have a confession to make though – while researching it…

I wrote a nine-page feature for Sport, the free paper distributed around London. It was the 13th of November issue, and gets read by 305,000 people, so that’s nice! I did a page on the upcoming Winter Olympics in Whistler as part of it too. Scans …

This went in their November issue, but it’s not on their website yet. Researching the ‘Best for babies’ category was interesting – half of parents are really worried about taking tiny baby heads to altitude, and the other half think you should tak…

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The top five ski resorts for families on a budget, selected specially for ASDA. Perhaps not the most glamorous, but probably the widest-read thing I’ve ever written! See the article here: http://www.asdamagazine.com/2009/12/travel_skiing_holiday_o…