Oh this site’s just so 2011! You’ll find my all new and improved home at – http://www.joolsstone.com.
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Off you trot there now, quickly smartly, there’s a chap.
Was it really August since I last updated here? Hmm, well that’s obviously because I’ve been such a busy darn bumblebee, silly!
Anyhoo the Egypt trip didn’t materialise in the end but the Croatian island cruise was sublime. Go there now before the hoardes descend, as they surely shall.
And crossing Canada by train was a sheer, unmitigated delight. Via Rail really knows how to do long distance trains with real aplomb. As a result of that trip, I did a few paid posts for the excellent Round the World Flights Travel Blog and one about the GoMedia conference in Edmonton for Travelllll.com. (Yes it really is called that.)
I found Edmonton to be an unfairly much maligned, but down to earth, city with its fair share of pleasant surprises, including a wonderful vintage tram ride that passes high over the glorious North Sasketchewan River and the world’s second biggest Fringe Festival. Now, where is the biggest one again? Hmm, I forget…
Great 2012 so far
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve started 2012 with a brand, spanking new client project – and it’s a true beaut too. I’m currently handling the social media efforts of the Train Chartering Company. We hire out trains for corporate travel, events, weddings, filming and all sorts of other exciting, fun projects, plus we offer many of the world’s greatest luxury train trips, via our sister site the Luxury Train Club.
I’m at the helm of our blogs, facebook, twitter, google+ and pretty much any other social network we decide to hitch our wagon to. Of course I’m being my usual, ebullient and social self even when I’m wearing my Train Chartering cap and sharing lots of fun stuff, so do make sure you get on board with it all.
Travel Writing Blog
I’m also working on an equally exciting new travel writing blog project with a well established travel British travel writer and editor, which I’ll be ripping the plastic sheeting off of shortly…
I’m hoping it’s going to really boost my freelancing career and also be useful to lots of other freelance writers out there. Watch this space yes, that’s right, that one there. Oh you missed it did you? Well not to worry, cos here it is again there.
Til then my freinds – and next time, don’t leave it so long eh?
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August:
I’m shortly off to Innsbruck to attend the Travel Bloggers Unite conference, where I’m speaking on two panels regarding niche blogging and organsied blog trips respectively.
September
Canada: by train all the way from Toronto to Vancouver, via Edmonton for the GoMedia conference. I’ll be travelling with Via Rail’s Canadian and then on board the Rocky Mountaineer.
Jura: I’m doing a brief press trip to the Scottish island of Jura for a travel piece taking in the newly-opened Whiskey Distillery Visitor Centre.
October
Heading off to Egypt for a Nile Cruise, featuring in next year’s book, Great Boat Journeys of the World. Will be interesting to see ancient Egypt through the prism of the new democracy, as the first real elections are taking place there next month.
Hope also to visit Sarasota, Florida for the 2011 Ringling International Arts Festival.
November
Will be popping down to London to do the rounds at World Travel Market trade show, and in particular to attend the excellent Travel Blog Camp event.
So far this year I’ve been to the following places..
Turku & Tampere, Finland & Talinn, Estonia
Canada: Montreal, Toronto, Quebec City & Ottawa
Kentucky: Louisville, Lexington & Owensboro
Croatia: Rijeka, Zadar and islands in the Kvarner region, a week long cruise.
Berlin
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Jools Stone
Jools Stone, Edinburgh Writer 