Kiruna, in northern Sweden, is one of the oddest places and I have no idea why I haven’t written about it sooner. In theory, it’s one of these places that just lights up with tourism in the winter. It’s just up the road from the famous ICEHOTEL (which from now on I’ll be spelling in … More Kiruna in the snow
Bournemouth at Christmas – ok, it doesn’t compare with some of the big markets which is why you won’t see it in lists of “best Christmas markets in Europe 2022!!!” but it’s still good fun. It starts down on the pier and stretches all the way through the gardens and up to the Square. So, … More Christmas in Bournemouth
A mainstay of Christmas TV is the Christmas Special, which is often part clipshow and part hilarious outtakes. So today’s post is my own outtakes, the mistakes I’ve made when travelling. There are two very obvious ones that come to mind: the Great Train Adventure (Romania edition) and the Great Train Adventure (Helsinki edition). I’ve … More Outtakes; or mistakes I’ve made when travelling
I can’t quite believe I’ve never reviewed this book before when it’s the reason I wrote my own book. Land of the Midnight Sun: My Arctic Adventures (affiliate link to bookshop.org) is a TV tie-in book by Alexander Armstrong to accompany his three-part ITV series which took him from Norway to Sweden, up to Svalbard … More Travel Library: Land of the Midnight Sun by Alexander Armstrong
What’s this? A Friday post? But the polar bear posts Mondays and Thursdays! Well, I’m doing Blogmas so there’s a winter/Christmas/ice/outdoors post every day until Christmas Eve. I’m going a bit old-school lifestyle blog today. This is a day in my life – and specifically, it’s a day in my life in winter. Now, finding … More A winter day in my life
Sparkle & Ice is my favourite of Girlguiding’s large-scale events. That’s partly because I’m a polar bear and I like things that are meant to be cold and/or wintery and partly because I like the weirdness of it. We don’t generally camp in the winter, because we’re not tough enough and the girls certainly aren’t … More Sparkle & Ice 2022: the warmest Sparkle ever!
I Am A Polar Bear 