Award-winning UK travel blogger, specialising in festivals and adventure travel!
I create realistic travel itineraries for your trip, with price advice, and ideas of what to do, and where to go. I like to combine my travel advice with personal musings / rants, the occasional advice on how to be a travel blogger, and oodles of festival advice. This blog is here to help YOU travel more.
And, most importantly, to enjoy it as much as possible.
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Visiting Chicago in winter is a great idea. Go in November, when you're kinda in between the main Christmas run, and at the end of the warm ...
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“Why was she backpacking alone?”“What was she doing meeting a man on Tinder?”
The victim blaming I’ve seen online this week, for Grace ...
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Packing for cold weather when you're travelling is a whole skill in itself. This post isn't about packing for the extreme cold, like, when y...
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I travelled up to London last week by National Express to check out the Christmas by the River Market, near London Bridge. I'd actually neve...
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Guys, it was awesome. Really, really enjoyed my weekend in The Hague. It's a manageable size city for a weekend break, making 48 hours in Th...
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Totally missed doing one of these in October, so here’s an October / November mash up for you, and me, to look back on in harder times.S...
Upcoming festivals!
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All these festival tips are hard learned from over SEVENTEEN years of going to festivals. Some will help you to make friends at festivals, o...
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Three days, multiple acts and a tonne of things to do; Victorious Festival sees out the summer from the banks of Southsea and is one epic wa...
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When you think of the Cotswolds, I'm guessing quiet villages and pretty countryside comes to mind. There are actually quite a few great fest...
I’m well known for my travel advice on Vietnam, help with backpacking the Philippines, and how to spend 3 weeks in India.
I love writing about how to create a travel blog, and of course, if you need Glastonbury advice, I’m here to help.
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After 7 years of blogging, here are a few of the posts you like best!
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I went to India in April – a place I’d dreamed of visiting for years. As you’ll know if you followed along I had a few issues, but with the benefit of hindsight my 3 weeks in India were brilliant.Every day was something different, the people were lovely, the trains were an adventure and I was lucky enough to sample India in style with some awesome hotels[...]
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I spent quite some time researching what to do in Tokyo. I wanted to see Tokyo's coolest things to do, the best places in the city to check out, and to see if I could explore a few places off Tokyo's beaten track.If you're anything like me – wants to see a city's big sights but mixed up with a few weird wonders too – you'll enjoy all 52 of the coolest th[...]
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How do you define a successful travel blogger?
1. Huge number of visitors and endless propositions from companies?2. A few readers and you get enough work to finance your travels?3. Mum and dad love your blog, you have a full time job, nice holidays, and your blog is your main hobby?4. Something else?Personally, I think all of the above and [...]