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Slow Down to See the World
Welcome to Journey in Colour, I’m Claire Biddle, a travel writer who encourages slow travel to notice the world’s colour. Art isn’t confined to galleries. It lives in the everyday: in the way light falls, in the rhythm of a street, in the quiet moments of connection that happen when we choose to linger.
The Art of Slowing Down
When you cycle mindfully through a landscape, or trek along a coastal path, watching the quality of light shift from honey-gold in the morning to rose-tinted at dusk, you see the world differently.
But it’s not all about the method of travel. It’s lingering in a village square long enough to watch locals greet each other, or spending time, building meaningful connections with the community to understand their culture, rather than simply consuming it.
It’s noticing the natural art woven into your surroundings, like the particular blue of a sky against Moroccan pink walls, how Gaudí’s ceramic tiles change colour in the light, or the way a Catalan chef plates Palamós prawns to honour their scarlet beauty.
What You’ll Find Here
Through my writing, I aim to capture the world’s colour and quiet wonder — and to inspire your own slower, more meaningful journeys.
City guides: Not rushed itineraries but atmospheric explorations of how places feel: what you notice when you walk neighbourhoods, how architecture shapes daily life, how art and history define the place’s character.
Walking and cycling routes: The paths less travelled, the trails that reveal landscape at human pace, the villages you reach only when moving slowly.
Art and architecture: From exploring where masters lived and worked to recognising design excellence in everyday buildings, from gallery-worthy paintings to the artistry in how farmers’ market vegetables are arranged.
Food-focused journeys: How cuisine expresses place, seasonal eating that connects you to landscape, restaurants where food tells stories about the people and geography that created it.
Slow travel philosophy: Reflections on why depth matters more than distance, how to notice beauty in the ordinary, what becomes visible when you stop rushing.
These aren’t literary footsteps just for my children—they’re invitations for your own adventures in slowing down, noticing more, and discovering that the world’s greatest art gallery has no walls.
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