This might sound a little naive, but since when did leaving your entire life behind get so complicated? Ever since I decided to take the leap and go travelling, it’s consumed my every waking moment (and some sleeping moments too), and I’ve had no time for anything except for packing, selling, shipping, catching up with friends and the occasional wink of sleep. …
Since I announced a month or so ago that I’m going travelling, I’ve been inundated with questions from friends and readers around how I’ve managed to save enough to go travelling a second time, so I thought I’d share a few of my tips with you on how I’ve managed to save £10,000 in less than 2 years for my …
Some of you may remember that time earlier this year when I joined a fat camp in a knee-jerk reaction to eating too many pancakes on ‘Fat Tuesday’. I do that sometimes. Get to a point where whatever I’m doing makes me sad and I suddenly change tact. It’s evident throughout my life, having just decided to go travelling for …
2014 has been one heck of a year. I’ve been lucky enough to have some incredible adventures in Canada and Scotland, and an incredibly relaxing break in the Dominican Republic. To my shame, life has definitely got in the way of me sharing a lot of my experiences with you, my AWESOME readers, so I feel that some filling-in is …
This week saw the lovely people of the USA celebrate their biggest holiday of the year, Thanksgiving. The tradition of giving thanks for the harvest has been alive in America since 1621, and today has morphed into a day of gathering loved ones together and saying what you’re thankful for. But this year I have noticed that us folks in …
If you believe anything the retailers tell you, Christmas is just around the corner. For some reason, this year it seems that everyone has gone a little Christmas- crazy. The first Christmas advert aired on UK television on November 7th: A massive 7 weeks before the big day! Normally I find this irritating and a little desperate, however for some …
People, I can tell you, there’s only one man on the Isle of Skye worth getting your leg over, and that’s the Old Man of Storr. Firstly, he is the most impressive-looking Old Man I’ve ever seen. Ancient and wizened by millions of years, he can certainly show you a trick or two. So why the ‘Old Man’? Well, if you tilt …
The problem with travel blogging, and surrounding yourself with other travel bloggers is that you never stop dreaming about where you’re heading next. I feel inspired on an almost daily basis to visit new shores, try new foods, meet new people and explore unmapped terrains. All of which is certainly not conducive to holding down a full-time job! As a …
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been travelling regularly. I took a job in the travel industry straight out of college so I could feed my obsession, racking up at least 6 or 7 trips each year (my record is 13!). When I was 23 I left my very good and very stable job as a marketing executive …
I’m 29! Happy birthday to me, I’m getting all lovely and old and smelly. A thousand years ago I would have been well past my prime and expecting to be swallowed into the empty abyss any day now. Luckily for me, this is the 21st Century, and people are living to be like, 100 years old. Take my great nan …
People often say to me ‘you’re so lucky to work in travel marketing… I wish I could do what you do.’ I have two answers to this. 1. It’s not luck. 2. Why can’t you? No one is born into a job, and everyone has the power to change what they do for a career. I currently work as senior …
Yesterday I was, like about half of the Earth’s population nominated for the Ice Bucket Challenge. In case you’ve been living under a rock, or you find this post years later, the Ice Bucket Challenge is a viral fundraising campaign in aid of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease. It involves pouring ice cold water over your own …
Have you ever heard of the Knee Defender? Chances are, if you’ve been following the news over the last couple of days, you know all about this controversial gadget, but if not, allow me to fill you in. The Knee Defender is a tiny pocket-sized travel device which locks the fold-out tray on the back of airline seats in place, preventing the …
Hi there lovely readers! I’ve been very busy recently faffing about with work-related things and volunteering for a local charity so haven’t had the time to sit and get creative for a while. But today I found myself thinking back to the time when I went canoeing in Emerald Lake, in British Columbia Canada. I think about it a lot …
Selfie: Noun. A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website. Now that ‘selfie’ has officially made it into the Oxford dictionary (and more recently, been OK’d for Scrabble – yey!), like it or not it’s engrained in daily life. You can’t walk 5 minutes through central …
Here is a photo of the River Wye: Enjoy it while it lasts, as this is the only photo you’ll get. You will notice that from now on, this blog post is sadly devoid of photos and, well, lacking any visual stimulus at all actually. There’s a good reason for this, but first let me paint you a word picture instead. Why …