All about Luke
- Luke Griffiths
- Jul 11
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 31
I suppose travelling is in my genes. Dad travelled to England from Guyana as a 5-year-old in the 1950s. Mum and Dad travelled extensively before having my brother and me. They visited some amazing destinations, including Guyana, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and Kenya. Their travels continued despite having little Luke (and later Simon) in tow ā with a more European focus. I visited Madeira at around 9 months old (I donāt remember much of that!!) and spent the first 15 years of life holidaying with family who were based just outside Valencia, in other parts of mainland Spain, the Canaries, the Balearics, Greece, as well as multiple places in the UK. Family holidays have always been important to me (and Gill). Even now we try to make time to have a family holiday every so often. Ensuring we get that quality time with our parents means a lot.
Luke the fisherman
Iāve always enjoyed fishing and holidays became a great way of earning a little extra spending money by catching fish from the harbour and selling them to locals or even to restaurants. Some of my best childhood memories involve being by the water; watching swordfish swim in the coves in Majorca, attempting to catch giant rays in the harbour on a family holiday in Tenerife and even catching brown and rainbow trout in the Lake Districtā¦great times! Fishing still plays a part in most of our trips, just (sadly) less for profit! Nothing tastes better than a fish you have caught yourself and Iām at my happiest while trying for that big catch!!
When Gill and I got together in 2013 it didnāt take long for us to start travelling together. In our relationship Iām the impulsive one who always has to have a trip booked and sheās the more sensible one whoād like to wait until we can afford it before booking something! We initially spent lots of time at English Heritage and National Trust locations before travelling to Canada for our first holiday abroad. After a relatively slow start we then really started to stack up the air miles with at least 2 or 3 holidays a year after that. All of the destinations weāve visited are listed in our archive. This acts as a bit of a timeline of our adventures so far.
Food plays an important part in experiencing other cultures. Weāve always tried to eat as much like the locals do as possible and experience the real country we are visiting to maximise our experience! Being able to rely on food was particularly useful during covid when we werenāt able to travel. We ate and drank our way around the world from the comfort of home! One of my favourites was āvisitingā Thailand with homemade red curry, Singha beer and Bangkok Tuk Tuk gin. These nights provided a light hearted way of minimising the disappointment of not being able to actually travel. Food (both eating and cooking) continues to be a great way of broadening our horizons and furthering our adventures.
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