Travel, outdoors & adventure blogger who loves Iceland, camping and swimming.
Yes, I was a Lumenator in Green Space Dark Skies’ Maiden Castle short film which was released late last week! It’s the first time – and probably the last time – I’ve ever added a video to a playlist called Videos I Appear In That I Didn’t Make Myself and I don’t even actually appear … More I played a Lumenator in a Green Space Dark Skies film!
I thought perhaps today instead of talking about my travels, I’d talk about other people’s travels. I recently made my first real video so let’s look at video makers – who are my favourite creators of video content? Now, I don’t watch a whole lot of YouTube and what I do watch tends to be … More My favourite travel video makers
I don’t claim to be a good sewist but I’ve got quite enthusiastic about it in the last couple of years. I’ve been sewing my own badges on my camp blanket for years and I’ve made a few drawstring bags but between 2020 and 2022, I’ve started going a bit more experimental and a bit … More Things I sewed for travel and adventure
Am I actually going to do an Iceland haul? I don’t do haul posts very often. I believe I once tried a Christmas one but it’s long-deleted and I don’t think I’ve done another since. Hauls have gone out of fashion. Nonetheless, I want to show you what I brought back from Iceland in April … More An Iceland haul (the country, not the supermarket)
Shall we talk about Paris again? Shall we mine my past for content? Yeah! Let’s talk about a school trip to Paris in 2002. Between living on the south coast of England and taking French & Spanish A Level, I ended up doing four school trips to France. I’ve already talked about Cherbourg 1998. Later … More A school trip to Paris in 2002
At time of publishing, I was supposed to be at a campsite on the Mendips wrestling with a recalcitrant tent but… I’ve got Covid! It’s not 100% definitely that trip to London from Monday’s blog but it’s a very strong candidate. My parents are going on holiday on Tuesday so they don’t want to catch … More A few unexpected days in the garden
This weekend I went to London for the first time in nearly two and a half years. It’s a bit busy for my tastes – I’ve become a lot more claustrophobic than I used to be and I really hate crowds nowadays. But I’d been hanging onto a ticket to see Queen + Adam Lambert … More 24 hours in London
Another addition to the Iceland Map Hub! This shows just about everywhere you can swim in Iceland, all on a lovely map! People don’t necessarily think of Iceland as a swimming destination. Perhaps they think of the Blue Lagoon but nothing else. However, just about every settlement has a pool, the pools are almost all … More Where can I swim in Iceland?
Part of the reason I went to Wimbleball was the SWE event Wet & Wild which I talked about in the last blog post but part of the reason was Rebel Badges. I’ve talked about this so many times that I’m not even going to link the previous posts except to say have a look … More Wet & wild at Wimbleball: doing my Rebel Camper badge
I’ll tell you about the camp and the overall experience next time but for now, let’s do the watersports activities at my weekend on Exmoor last weekend. Girlguiding SWE do an annual event there, where you get to try out six watersports plus you get a range of shore activities including climbing, archery and geocaching. … More Wet & Wild at Wimbleball: A Watersports Weekend
I Am A Polar Bear 