Adventures covers a lot, from a spa at home to glamping to making masks to big adventures like paragliding, kayaking and dogsledding.
Broadly, my adventures fall under the headings of On the Water, On the Ground, On the Rocks and In the Snow so do take a scroll or look at my top menu to find your favourite adventurous activity. Other than bungee jumping, if you can think of it I’ve probably tried it.
*sighs* Look. I like camping. But the last two trips have been so offputting that right now, I feel like binning my tents and never setting foot on a campsite again. I freely admit that I use Twitter as a steam valve but I do try to keep this blog reasonably positive. If I don’t… More I may not ever go camping again
If you’ve been reading the blog or following me on Instagram, you’ll know that I’ve been trying to get in touch with my inner waterbaby this summer – I’m building up my kayaking skills and confidence, in part through wild swimming, and I swim a mile twice a week in my local outdoor pool. But… More A Twilight Spa at Aqua Sana Longleat Forest
I spent the weekend (my birthday weekend!) camping in Devon. On Friday, having finally arrived at my campsite two and a half hours later than planned thanks to everything going wrong with the traffic, I decided to drive over to Bude for the evening. I fancied getting a wild swim in while I was in… More Swimming in Bude Sea Pool
If you saw my first wild swimming experience the other day or you follow me on Instagram, you might see me swimming in the sea quite a lot at the moment. But the fact is that I’m pushing my comfort zone – I’m still not a huge fan of the sea and also the actual… More Ten people you’ll meet in the pool
I’ve had half an eye on getting myself a stand up paddleboard for a while – well, let’s go for plain paddleboard here; I can’t stand up on the things. They’re not my first love – that would be the kayak. I like the double-bladed paddle that lets me just charge through the water, fight the… More Caroma stand up paddleboard review
Today was another big step on my journey to kayaking instructor, a journey I never thought I’d even be on a year ago. I faced my biggest demon and somehow I don’t yet feel as proud of it as I should. Let’s run through the backstory. I took up kayaking semi-regularly back in 2018 or… More I faced my kayaking demons!
This weekend I went to London for the first time in nearly two and a half years. It’s a bit busy for my tastes – I’ve become a lot more claustrophobic than I used to be and I really hate crowds nowadays. But I’d been hanging onto a ticket to see Queen + Adam Lambert… More 24 hours in London
Part of the reason I went to Wimbleball was the SWE event Wet & Wild which I talked about in the last blog post but part of the reason was Rebel Badges. I’ve talked about this so many times that I’m not even going to link the previous posts except to say have a look… More Wet & wild at Wimbleball: doing my Rebel Camper badge
I’ll tell you about the camp and the overall experience next time but for now, let’s do the watersports activities at my weekend on Exmoor last weekend. Girlguiding SWE do an annual event there, where you get to try out six watersports plus you get a range of shore activities including climbing, archery and geocaching.… More Wet & Wild at Wimbleball: A Watersports Weekend
You may have noticed by now I’m a bit of a fan of the Rebel badges. Last week I talked about how I was apparently starting my Wild Swimmer badge, I’ve previously talked about Stargazer and Water Sports and Adventurer and I probably haven’t mentioned Community Service, Craft, Critic, My Brand, Linguist or Reader. Well,… More An overnight adventure in Purbeck