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
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
Welcome to the second edition of Travel Library this Blogmas and today I’m reading Cathedrals of the Flesh by Alexia Brue. No, it’s not strictly a book about cold places but it is a book about hot baths and while none of them are in Iceland… well, there’s your link. Cold place, hot water. This is a book … More Travel Library: Cathedrals of the Flesh
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
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 suppose this doesn’t strictly come under the headings of “travel”, “outdoors” or “adventure” but I’ve done so much that does come under one of those labels thanks to the Rebel Badge Book that I think you should see the inaugural Big Rebel Meet Up of the Rebel Badge Club. There are 3,884 members in the … More I met the Rebel Badge Club!
I think it’s time for a garden update, to be a bit less sweary than Joe Lycett’s Instagram garden updates. We’re going outside, as we often do on this blog, but we’re only going as far as the garden. I’ve become a keen veg grower in the last couple of years and I think it’s … More How did my garden grow in 2022?
I know, you frequently see “I did [this or that] Rebel Badge but I do other badges as well. I spied that Pawprint Badges had a Volcanoes badge and as they’re big and beautiful and I was going to Iceland, I thought I’d do that one. To be honest, I find Pawprint badges work better … More I did my Pawprint Volcanoes badge!
Welcome to part two of my Dartmoor weekend! Today we’re off on a different route, in the hope of getting another logbook walk. But today we’re setting off in two groups rather than splitting up. In theory, that’s because there are now eight of us and that’s a tiny bit big for a walking group. … More A shorter walk up tors and across downs
Last weekend I went to Dartmoor and this is the first of two posts on the walks I did. It was a joint Girlguiding Region walking weekend, the aim of which is to run a level 2 walking training but there’s room at the centre for a few extra so it’s open to leisure walkers … More A tor-bagging walk around Haytor
I Am A Polar Bear 