New Year, New Unicorn

I used to walk a lot. Well, a bit. But it’s been a while since I’ve been out, or at least, out of my own volition. I go on Girlguiding region walking weekends when I can because it means I have to but other than that, I can always find more appealing things to do… More New Year, New Unicorn

The day I climbed Iceland’s deadliest volcano

I’ve climbed a few mountains in my time. Small ones, easy ones, sometimes only halfway up and always slowly. Sir Edmund Hillary I am not. Climbing Laki was entirely unlike any mountain I’ve ever climbed before. Laki is a volcano. That’s not what makes it unusual. Actually, it’s not “a volcano” in the traditional sense.… More The day I climbed Iceland’s deadliest volcano

Photoset: Paris 2018

Last weekend I went to Paris. Some people at work went for a business meeting south of Paris last Wednesday and spent weeks trying to plan it – it’s very hard to hear “There’s a plane at this time for this price” and “we could take the train at that time” and so on for… More Photoset: Paris 2018

My best souvenir: lava!

In mid-2014, a volcano in Iceland started rumbling. On August 29th 2014, I shrieked aloud in excitement in front of a dozen uninterested elderly ladies because it had finally started erupting. Well, the volcano hadn’t. But its magma was oozing out of a fissure not too far away. It oozed and poured and fountained for… More My best souvenir: lava!

Fossil hunting in Charmouth: Tom & Juliet’s Annual Adventure

Every year, between Christmas and New Year, my friend Tom and I go on an adventure to the beach. I guess the beach isn’t a rule but it always has been the beach. This year we went to Charmouth. If you watched Broadchurch, Broadchurch itself is everywhere from Bridport to Lyme Regis, so Charmouth is part… More Fossil hunting in Charmouth: Tom & Juliet’s Annual Adventure

My plans for 2018

This feels like such a lazy post to start a well-intentioned year. First and foremost, I want my blog views to keep increasing. I’m seeing people on Twitter saying “I want [x] monthly views and [y] monthly visitors” and I’d be screaming in excitement if I got 10% of that but – I have more readers… More My plans for 2018