Greetings from London! I hope everyone had an excellent festive season and wish you all a prosperous New Year for 2014.

Yesterday I embarked on my life and career changing pilgrimage to the Motherland.

This is not a holiday. Holidays are cheaper than this and don't involve winter, so there's not going to be pictures of fine dining, exotic hotels and cities, and probably not much culture at all.

However, I do promise some beautiful winter scenes of the Scottish Highlands. I think my phone has anti-shaking technology.