This is so exciting that I’m writing the first paragraph half an hour after booking, more than two months before I actually did the thing I’m about to tell you about – by the time this is published, I will hold the British Canoeing Sea Kayak Award. (Well, that’s what I thought when I started… More I now hold the Sea Kayak Award! (Well, nearly…)
Entering the world of wetsuits is a wild and scary one. There’s a wetsuit for every activity and they come with quite the price tag. So, in case you’re just entering this world and have no idea where to start, I thought I’d tell you about mine, which is the Peak UK Centre Long John. It’s… More Peak UK Centre Long John wetsuit review
Well, here we go, I guess. Time to talk about the one weirdness I try to keep quiet. I have ARFID, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. It’s an eating disorder, not one of the famous ones and it does impact my life, although mostly not in the way you might expect. What is ARFID? It… More Travelling with ARFID
K was another letter that gave me difficulty. All Google could suggest was Korea and again, I’ve not been there and this isn’t an A-Z of countries you could go to. So I settled on K is for Knowledge, although it’s a bit annoying that it doesn’t sound like it. Knowledge! I’m a big fan… More The A-Z of Solo Female Travel: K is for Knowledge
One thing I’ve meant to do in Paris for years is the Catacombs. I knew very little about them; only that they were underground and went on forever. When I went to Paris last month, I added them to my tentative to-do list, having discovered that tickets only go on sale four days in advance and… More There are 6 million dead bodies under Paris
Ok, I’m ridiculous. I decided to use the Coronation weekend to go to Paris. I’ve said on many occasions that I don’t love Paris but I like it more as I get to explore on my own terms and it’s a very quick hop over from Southampton Airport and quite honestly, I was never going… More A night at the Paris Opera
It’s mid-May – at least, in my plan it is – and I’m finally delivering the last of the February 2023 Iceland posts! Well, I still have plans to tear RE apart in a long essay but this is the last of the proper “what I did” posts. I hid from the snow and the… More Guaranteed Northern Lights at Aurora Reykjavik
For a long time, I had no idea what J might be for. I googled it. Japan, Jordan and Jamaica. Three countries I’ve never been to, and besides, this A-Z is not meant to be that specific. I eventually came up with J is for Jobs and I think that’s a good one. You need money… More The A-Z of Solo Female Travel: J is for Jobs
On the far side of Reykjavik’s Old Harbour, in the Grandi district, in a big ol’ warehouse, you can meet a whale. You can meet lots of whales. If the weather is too bad, or you’re too emetophobic, or you’re dubious about the ethics, and you’re not going out on a boat to look for… More I met a whale! (at Whales of Iceland)
On a rainy afternoon, I stopped by the Settlement Exhibition right in the middle of downtown Reykjavik. It’s part of Reykjavik City Museum – there are five exhibitions in the group which also includes Árbær Open Air Museum, the Museum of Photography, the Maritime Museum over at Grandi and Viðey Island, which I did a… More Going back in time at the Settlement Exhibition