2020-05-30 18:25
Have you ever travelled and found that everything you had imagined and dreamed about just didn’t happen? Although a wonderful city in many ways, Vancouver and Ottawa just weren’t… Read More
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2020-05-12 12:15
I haven’t written in quite some, and for that I am sorry. It’s been one hell of a year, financially, mentally, and physically, and it’s taken me quite some time to come to… Read More
2019-09-20 18:10
It’s been a long while since I’ve written anything here and I’m sending it at an odd time. I hope you will forgive me. I’ve been busy writing, mind. Just not in this… Read More
2019-06-23 23:26
Wild Whales Vancouver offer incredible whale watching tours around the British Columbia coast line. We went out on the first tour of the 2019 season to see what all the fuss is about!… Read More
2019-06-06 14:19
This year Ian and I celebrated our 9th anniversary together. (Whaaaaaat, how did time go so quickly?) And after a rough few months, and a serious dive in my sanity/mental health, I decided w… Read More
2019-04-28 02:24
Last year was a bit of a year of personal growth for us, which ended with a vegan adventure in Paris, followed swiftly by an engagement. (Squeal, that still sounds weird!)
Following t… Read More
2018-12-02 16:08
My daughter is a walking miracle. By all rights she should have been dead at least twice over. And she has the scars stretching across her abdomen to prove it.
It’s been six months sin… Read More
2018-11-14 17:42
Los Corrales is a sweet little rural village, nestled in the Seville province of Spain. Its small population (4,095 people in the last census) means that the town feels very unspoiled. We vi… Read More
2018-10-16 15:56
Halloween!
The much loved and celebrated holiday is just around the corner, and I asked fellow bloggers what their ‘Best Cities For Celebrating Halloween!’ are!
They didn&rsquo&helli…Read More
2018-09-26 23:28
The world is just FULL of beautiful places and wonderful things to see and do. And right now Instagram is one of the most popular platforms for sharing those unforgettable moments. So I thou… Read More
2018-07-18 17:10
Sometimes I think in a world of selfies, hashtags, reviews and ‘FOMO’, it can be easy to forget there can be a deeper meaning when it comes to travel. Travel can gift us with not… Read More
2018-07-02 22:22
I feel a little one-dimensional lately. I’d wanted to write something other than this. But I’ve been doing little other than take care of my sick girl.
Yesterday we drove 2 hours… Read More
2018-06-25 14:10
One of the best things about gray days is the way colors pop against the gloom.
I think there’s probably a lesson in there somewhere, but this season has been long enough that my brain… Read More
2018-06-24 16:28
With our next Working Holiday adventure to Canada fast approaching – I’ve wound myself up into a saving frenzy! I’m quite good at living within my means. But now that the f… Read More
2018-06-15 14:56
A little more than 2 weeks ago, I left the hospital with my daughter where she’d nearly died a second time in two months.
Last night we celebrated her 13th birthday with a few of her f… Read More
2018-06-04 13:25
I went on a walk with my girl (who just got out of the hospital…again) and saw these lovely leaves sprouting from the side of a tree.
It made me think:
Sometimes new growth is just a… Read More
2018-05-22 15:39
I have a secret. One that I’m barely able to admit to myself let alone commit to words…especially those permanently affix to a blog post.
I think I’m losing faith.
Somewhe… Read More
2018-05-07 15:58
My daughter’s room was entombed in an unnatural twilight. The only light leaked from the monitors hanging from the IV poles and the enormous screen bearing her weak vital signs. Enormo… Read More
2018-05-05 17:11
Having recently received our Canadian visas, I figured it was time to make the most of Europe, and the wonderful destinations on our doorstep. I was offered the wonderful opportunity t… Read More
2018-03-11 19:57
So for my first solo trip I had decided to plan and travel to Norway, for a week long stay. I figured it was a safe country, not too far away from home, but different enough that it wou… Read More
2018-03-02 17:04
So this week has been a very mixed bag for me. On a personal level its been a bit stressful (they say moving house is one of the most stressful things one can do!) and I’ve been feelin… Read More
2018-02-25 14:27
After a childhood running around rural Hertfordshire, and various holidays around the UK – it took reaching my teens before I got to sample my first holiday overseas. It was then that… Read More
2018-02-17 14:34
Back in 2014 I came to the realisation that I had never travelled anywhere solo.
Not entirely, not for more than a few hours or a day or two here and there. Up till then I’d always gon… Read More
2018-02-11 18:04
Bath is a really pretty city. Quintessentially English, cute as a button, and renowned for its wonderful Roman Baths and thermal spa. I enjoyed it so much a few years ago i just had to go ba… Read More
2018-02-04 16:40
Following on from the extraordinary Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers – we continued up the West coast of the South Island. Where we took in the wonderful little coastal towns, Hokitika, Pu… Read More
2018-01-28 13:43
The next day we took the bus a short 30 minute journey further North up the coast, to Franz Josef Glacier. Franz glacier is known as the bigger and more spectacular of the two, so after Fox… Read More
2018-01-19 18:19
After the lovely Wanaka, where we’d enjoyed some lovely warm weather and sweaty trek up Mt Iron, it was time to head to the notoriously wet, West Coast of the South Island. Time to see… Read More
2018-01-11 09:16
I’ve spent the two weeks thinking about the future. It isn’t necessarily a “New Year’s Resolution” or even a “Word for the Year” kind of pondering… Read More
2018-01-07 03:19
Life goes, clicking along, time slipping, easy until
falling
scrambling,
clattering,
broken
LOST
lost, Lord, I’m lost
fears,tears,searches,
questions
Solutions, ideas, suggestions, all… Read More
2017-12-24 21:38
Next up on our tour of the beautiful South Island was Wanaka. We had an early start from Queenstown and a longer journey heading North up the West side of the island, so we didn’t arri… Read More
2017-12-09 20:44
During our stay in the South Island – I was adamant that we had to get down to the Milford Sound. And I definitely wanted to include a cruise.
It was one of my absolute MUST do things… Read More
2017-11-28 19:17
Now that Halloween is outta the way, and our American brethren have had their first Turkey day of the year, it’s well and truly Christmas season!
With Christmas on the horizon here&rsq&hell…Read More
2017-11-26 17:59
After a relaxing break in Queenstown, we had an early start on our trip down to Te Anau. I have no idea how one is supposed to pronounce that by the way. Anyone? Te Anau is the closest town… Read More
2017-11-19 16:46
After a too brief stay in Mt Cook it was time to move on. Next up we fancied somewhere a bit less rural and with a bit more going on. So we made for cool little Queenstown, which after all t… Read More
2017-11-11 18:24
After the sublime views and walking around Lake Tekapo I was under the impression that Mt. Cook, surely, could not top it. Lake Tekapo was perfection.
Boy was I in for a surprise.
Rache… Read More
2017-11-05 16:34
Following the quite urban city of Christchurch, our next stop on our backpacking tour of New Zealand was the gorgeously quiet Lake Tekapo.
On arrival, we quickly noted that it was a bit chil… Read More
2017-10-29 17:53
After a spectacular time in Kaikoura and the beautiful hiking around the Peninsula, it was time for a change of pace. So we hopped onto our booked Intercity bus and took the journey from Kai… Read More
2017-10-26 18:01
Hi all! This week I’ve taken part in a little Q & A as a Cambridge Eyewitness, about my lovely home town: Cambridge, UK.
Among all the travelling I’ve crammed in the last few… Read More
2017-10-19 19:27
Day One of our backpacking trip around New Zealand was to my mind, not the best way to start our 2 month tour of New Zealand. We woke up on the day, a bit snippy and a bit under the weather… Read More
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