In today’s post, I’m going to talk about family holidays in Tirol, since both my parents were somewhat mournful last week that “we were supposed to go to Austria today”. Yeah, I’m supposed to have gone to Iceland twice this year. Life hasn’t gone as planned this year. But it gave me an idea for … More Top 10 things to do in Tirol
In 2017, I decided I could save some luggage space and maybe some money by, instead of hiring a car and taking a tent, hiring a campervan. I knew approximately what it was going to look like before I picked it up but people at home didn’t and my grandmother was adamant – told my … More Upgrading from a tent to a campervan
Ok, it’s very obvious I’m not a professional photographer and I don’t actually have a camera bag. But I do take photos when I travel and I keep trying to make videos so I haul around more camera stuff than I really should. Panasonic Lumix DC-TZ90 This is my main camera. It’s the fifth generation … More What’s in my camera bag?
In November 2015, I went to Svalbard – that’s those really cold polar bear-infested islands right up north. It was amazing and I’ve since calculated that I was among the northernmost 0.004% of people in the world, which is quite a claim – that more than 99.99% of people on the planet are south of … More How to travel to Svalbard
Because I can blog about Iceland forever, here’s a post containing things no one mentions and things I see pop up over and over again – 20 things you need to know before you go to Iceland! 1. 99% of international flights come in to Keflavík airport. 99% of domestic flights go into Reykjavík. It’s … More 20 things you need to know before you go to Iceland
You might have noticed that I went to Russia last year and even though I made a point of writing down every penny I spent, it’s taken nearly ten months for it to occur to me to talk about the cost. How much does it cost to go to Russia? How much does it cost … More How much did my three weeks in Russia cost?
While we’re all safe at home for the foreseeable future and with no new travel on the horizon for some time, it’s a good time to look back at our past travels and one of my favourite ways of doing that is by making scrapbooks. Actually, I’ve discovered I have a surprising amount of scrapbook … More Stay At Home Storytelling: too many photos in a travel scrapbook
The other day I told you about my first trip to the Altitude Festival in 2010 and now we’re fast-forwarding to my last. The year is 2013, I’m back at Altitude Festival, back at my snowboarding lessons because I’m still not capable of going out on the mountains by myself and I happen to have … More Stay At Home Storytelling: My highest ever paraglide
We’re going a long way back today. This is from my year abroad, when I was studying French at the University of Neuchâtel. I spent every free minute exploring Switzerland and our day in Zermatt was one of my favourite adventures. It was the depths of winter. In fact, it was November 26th 2005. In … More Stay At Home Storytelling: a cold day in Zermatt
I considered going to the Altitude Festival this year – for obvious reasons, it’s a good thing I never quite made up my mind to do it. There’s nothing seasonal about this but since we can’t travel at the moment, let’s relive old travel stories. This is Altitude 2010, my first ever visit to the … More My first snowsports holiday
I Am A Polar Bear 