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2020 hey… ? It’s always fun to look back on a year and see what I got up to. This year has definitely been about …

Over 100 days of lockdown – of not travelling, even outside of my county (well just twice, to West Sussex, the next county along). And …

I’ve seen people on Twitter and Instagram doing the decade challenge – comparing their 2019 photos with their 2009 flashback photos. It totally got me …

Six hours. A six-hour voyage down the Yukon River in a canoe. Apparently that’s what I’d signed up for. I was nervous. The one and …

Back when I bought my house (October 2017) I had all these big plans to decorate, extend, improve… all the things. Turns out owning a …

Eight years of this travel blog – genuinely can’t believe it. I set it up on the 1st February 2011, while I was living in …

If all of us ladies accepted ourselves, as we are, and we were happy and confident in our bodies on holiday, can you IMAGINE what …

2018. Done. Tick. Another year is over, and seeing as I love reading my fellow bloggers’ round up posts of where they’ve been this year, …

“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 Millane, …

Making sure you have good travel insurance is SO important. So important. When I worked at gapyear.com we had a few instances of families whose …

Another year older. Like anyone over 20, well over 20, I’m shocked that another year has gone by. Days whizzing past so fast I feel …

Last year I went to 10 festivals in Europe and South Africa (!) and made some excellent memories and friends along the way. This year …