It’s Christmas Eve, it’s the last of my 12 Days of Christmas, you’ve already seen what I packed for this little trip, you’ve had a tour of my little church and now we get to the blog where I tell you about what I did. I did very little. I sat in the hot tub,… More A winter weekend away glamping in Cornwall
And we come at last to the end of the alphabet! I always regret these A-Zs as I get to the difficult letters, the last six or so and this one is no exception. It’s been a year since I had this idea while walking around Frankfurt. I filled in about two-thirds of the letters… More The A-Z of Solo Female Travel: Z is for Zeal
I have a habit of feeling a desire to go away in winter, somewhere cosy, where I’ll wear cute cottagecore outfits and I’ll just relax and read books and it’ll be a winter wellness break. In 2020 and 2022, I went glamping in a shepherd’s hut with amazing views but it seems that particular hut… More Welcome to St Agnes
My absolute favourite life and outdoors manual is my 1992 Guide Handbook. Not even joking. There’s a lot that’s Guide-specific but it’s got entire chapters on Skills for Living, The Great Outdoors, Camp, All About You, Express Yourself and One World and I still like to sit and read it as a book, even now… More Travel Library: Do Your Best: How To Be A Scout by Bear Grylls
I love a packing post, I really do. Almost as much as I hate actually packing. I planned to do a bit of a photoshoot on my glamping trip to show what I packed but it rained most of the weekend and frankly, I didn’t have the time to put on all the things I… More My winter glamping packing list
I love Sparkle & Ice. I haven’t missed a single year, not even 2021, when it was cancelled because of some killer mutant virus. I took a mix of Guides & Rangers in 2017, just Rangers in 2019 and 2020, volunteered in 2018 and 2022 and I’m taking my new Rangers this year. However, this… More Sparkle & Ice 2023: the biggest one
Last year, one of my favourite YouTubers, Beau Miles, did a series called “Twelve Days of Christmas Newness” which started before Christmas but didn’t finish until early April. I liked the idea. In fact, after the pain that was Blogmas last year, I borrowed the idea, in that I’d do a Christmas/winter series called Twelve… More Twelve Weeks of Newness
I’ve said several times recently that the end of the alphabet is difficult so, yes, we’re arriving at “y not?”. Y not indeed, as the waiter howled at my granny’s favourite restaurant. And I’m going to illustrate “y not?” with pictures of me living my best life having adventures! Why travel solo? Why not? You… More The A-Z of Solo Female Travel: Y is for Y Not?
It’s December again! Last year I fried my brain doing Blogmas and swore I’d never do it again. Now it’s January 17th and I’ve decided to do Twelve Days of Christmas. Yes, you read that correctly. It’s January 17th. I’ve decided I’m going to get on top of this whole thing really early! So this… More How to make a Norwegian troll for your Christmas tree