Travel, outdoors & adventure blogger who loves Iceland, camping and swimming.
In blog-time, it’s been months since I went to Paris. That’s because there’s been so much other stuff I needed to post first. In real life, I haven’t actually left London yet. I’m sitting on the Eurostar at St Pancras and there’s still seven minutes until we depart. I’ve never been a mad lover of … More The romance of the Eurostar
I enjoyed my weekend in Gdansk in November but I’ve felt like I haven’t written enough about it, while simultaneously feeling like I don’t know what on Earth to say. One day I’ll write another blog or two on the subject. But does it even it out a little that this post is about Gdansk, … More Gdansk and making videos (I made a Gdansk vlog!)
This isn’t going to become a blog about fitness and exercise. But there is a bit of a crossover between travel and adventure and exercise – see the existence of Outdoor Fitness magazine.Swimming isn’t technically outdoors, not how I do it, but in light of watersports, I think it’s in the spirit. Couch to 5K … More Swimming, adventure and fitness
Sparkle & Ice, winter survival camp, is always interesting. We’ve had mud, rain, snow and now we were going to be camping in Storm Ciara. Girlguiding has four flagship national events. The first-tier ones are Wellies & Wristbands, their 4-day summer festival camp and their Guides-only stadium gigs. The second-tier ones are Magic & Mayhem, … More Sparkle & Ice 2020: camping in Storm Ciara
Back in December, our chief accountant came into work wearing her birthday present – a battery-powered coil-heated jacket. I’ve dreamed about owning such a thing ever since Artemis Fowl wore a full body suit in his Arctic Adventure (that’s a non-Amazon affiliate link, in case you want to read it) and now suddenly I found … More I own a heated jacket – do I like it?
For peace of mind, when I arrived in Russia I went for an unexciting but predictable & safe international chain hotel. My room in Moscow was a mirror of but otherwise identical copy of my room in St Petersburg, an edible and plentiful breakfast was available every morning and there were English-speaking staff on hand … More Murmansk Vs Ekaterinburg apartments
Quite possibly the best thing I did in Russia was go to Red Square by night. So, the way the trip worked was that I started in Moscow, journeyed to four other cities and then flew home again from Moscow. I gave myself a couple of days there. If something messed up my plane from … More Red Square by night
This is one of the hazards of planning and scheduling your blog so far ahead. I went to Mudeford and Christchurch in January and right now, I don’t have an empty blog spot to put it in until mid-June. Some shuffling and rescheduling will be required. In the middle of January, my mum collapsed in … More Wessex Girl: a day around Mudeford and Christchurch
When I went to Pax Lodge for the Thinking Day weekend a few years ago – 2016? 2017? – I completed their challenge and the receptionist who signed it off said they’d never seen a challenge completed so thoroughly. I might do a blog post about it later in the year. It’s partly about Pax … More The Our Chalet Challenge
Friday was more or less a free day. All we had to do was pack and leave Our Chalet and then my flight didn’t leave Geneva until gone 9pm. It takes a while to get to Geneva from Adelboden but not that long so I intended to have a day out to play in Switzerland. … More Our Chalet: Friday in Switzerland with a suitcase
I Am A Polar Bear 