By and large, I’m a solo traveller and I think it’s time I started emphasising that a bit more.
Back in the days when I could solo travel, I gravitated towards Iceland, Scandinavia and the Arctic, with occasional visits to places like the Baltic states and eastern Europe but you’ll find plenty of Paris and Switzerland and western Europe here too. Actually, my non-Wessex UK travels are here as well, so come with me to Scotland, London and a few other places around my own country.
I stayed on four campsites in Iceland this summer and I thought I’d do you a little review of each of them. I spent two nights at Hveragerði because I wanted to see the volcano but also have options beyond Reykjanes when the weather was bad, moved up to Laugarvatn, stayed in the hobbit house… More What were the campsites in Iceland like?
You might have seen my post from Monday about going to Camp Wildfire and what it’s like, my first weekend festival experience. And if you’ve been to Camp Wildfire yourself, you might have noticed that actually, I didn’t do that much, not when you really understand how much is on offer. And there’s a reason… More What it’s like working at a festival
I like the west of Iceland. It’s a lot more chilled than the south-west – there’s enough to keep you busy but there’s no pressure of “you need to see this, this and this before you go back!” and there’s definitely no crowds. Oh, I don’t say you won’t see a single tour bus sitting… More A cultural day in West Iceland
Ok, actually, it’s my own car at home that’s backwards. I live in a backwards country that uses vehicles that literally mirror cars in the entire rest of the world. No, it’s not the entire rest of the world but I’d have to look up who uses the same road system as the UK and… More I drove a backwards car
You know me. I’m a simple soul. I see hot water and I bathe in it. And in Iceland, hot water is abundant because it literally comes out of the ground and on this trip, I made my first visit to Krauma, a geothermal spa in the west coast region which has been on my… More Is Krauma overpriced and overrated?
When I first wrote this, it was with the intention of being equal parts “I saw a live volcano!!” and “no one’s talking about the hike, only the exciting firey bit” but between visiting and… well, not even publishing. Two or three days after I visited, the volcano ground to a halt. You can still… More I hiked to the new volcano!
Am I actually going to do an Iceland haul? I don’t do haul posts very often. I believe I once tried a Christmas one but it’s long-deleted and I don’t think I’ve done another since. Hauls have gone out of fashion. Nonetheless, I want to show you what I brought back from Iceland in April… More An Iceland haul (the country, not the supermarket)
Shall we talk about Paris again? Shall we mine my past for content? Yeah! Let’s talk about a school trip to Paris in 2002. Between living on the south coast of England and taking French & Spanish A Level, I ended up doing four school trips to France. I’ve already talked about Cherbourg 1998. Later… More A school trip to Paris in 2002
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
I’m very excited about this one! I vlogged my trip to Iceland and I’ve made a video – an actual video! Contents: Making the video Watch the video A few explanatory notes Making the video No, I’m not going to become a travel vlogger. Writing is far more my thing than talking to cameras and… More I vlogged my trip to Iceland!