I like to do new things, strange things, fun things. This time I did a glassblowing taster session – that is, i did a very short session designed for absolute beginners. It was at The Glass Hub, near Bath and there were eight of us. We were dressed up in kevlar gloves and sleeves – … More I tried glassblowing (I can’t do it)
I like Anna McNuff. She’s an adventurer, runner, swimmer and Girlguiding ambassador and she has a lovely habit of turning her adventures into books. I want to be Anna when I grow up. Barefoot Britain is, I think, her sixth book and it covers her 2019 adventure running from Shetland to London, covering the distance … More Travel Library: Barefoot Britain by Anna McNuff
This is a bit of a rarity. Today’s Travel Library is a work of fiction, and it’s not even children’s fiction (see What Katy Did Next!) No, this is firmly in the realm of adult fiction and set firmly in the modern day. Snug in Iceland by Victoria Walker, as the title suggests, is a … More Travel Library: Snug in Iceland by Victoria Walker
Blogmas is over! If all has gone to plan, I’ve been back from Germany just under six days and you should already have five posts on the subject – and now real time has caught up to blog time, yes, you do! So today I’m going to talk about something different: my Finnish language progress. … More How much Finnish have I learned in six months?
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 Am A Polar Bear 