Today I start the semi-live Blogmas blogs! That is, today is Tuesday and I was still in Frankfurt yesterday! It’s my first solo trip to Germany – I know! – and while I feel a bit like I’ve spent a lot of it not doing much, I’ve managed to come home with plans for five… More What to do in Frankfurt: a day in Wiesbaden
Yesterday I talked vaguely about having a lazy weekend. Hot tub, children’s books, biscuits, that sort of thing. Well, today let’s do the “what did I do?” post. Friday doesn’t count. I arrived Friday and stargazed from the hot tub. Very nice. On Saturday, after an early-morning snow flurry, I went to Yeovil in the… More Glamping in the snow
And we come to the semi-live part of Blogmas! At the time of publishing, I’m in Germany and I only had a handful of hours last Monday afternoon to get this post finished between returning from my glamping trip and heading off at 5am for the flight to Germany! Anyway, welcome to the Forager shepherd’s… More A winter wellness break in a tin hut
The original plan was to have one Travel Library a week in Blogmas and then I spoiled that by deciding – quite foolishly – to have the entire last week be my trip to Germany (oh, please tell me I can write five new posts in that tiny space of time!). So three Travel Libraries,… More Travel Library: Nightwalking by John Lewis-Stempel
A week or so ago, I talked about going to the Christmas events in Bournemouth: the Christmas Tree Wonderland and the market but also mentioned that I went ice skating. Well, this is that post. A little background. First, inline skating was the thing to do when I was junior school age. Bikes took over… More I can’t ice skate! (or can I?)
Last Travel Library of Blogmas (I think)! Today I have Wintering, by Katherine May (*affiliate link to bookshop.org). It’s the December book club book in the Adventure Queens Facebook group. I’d not heard of it but “Adventure Queens” + “wild swimming” + “trip to Scandinavia” + the winter theme convinced me that this was the… More Travel Library: Wintering by Katherine May
Today was supposed to be about packing for a winter glamping trip, aka what you need to take to survive in an uninsulated tin can in December but then this video popped up in my YouTube subscriptions today. It features Iceland and specifically Meradalir and you know I can’t resist commenting on that kind of… More Tom Scott goes to Meradalir
There’s nowhere better to holiday in winter than Iceland. Northern Lights, snowsports, Yule Lads, warming up in geothermal pools… I wish I wasn’t on my way to Germany right now! But what to do as a winter in Iceland itinerary? I considered it and then I realised. What you’ll see in magazines is bargain trips… More An Iceland Itinerary: winter in the north
The other day – today, from my point of view but three weeks ago from yours – I saw a post by Wilbur’s Travels about his iconic travel moments and I liked the idea and stole it. He’s made a series of posts on the subject, with each moment getting it own post but I… More My iconic travel moments
In November 2021, a man was severely injured in an accident in a cave in south Wales. The subsequent rescue involved around 300 people and took 54 hours. It made national news. It made international news. I wrote a blog post about the complexity of the cave and why it took so long. And now BBC… More The Rescue: 54 Hours Under the Ground