The first time I went to Iceland, we went out looking for the Northern Lights. It was really cold and we stopped initially in the car park of a small roadhouse in the south-west, a little way west of Hella (at the junction of the Ring Road, the 26 going north-ish and the 275 going … More Weird Souvenirs: a used horseshoe
The Laugavegur Diaries part 1 was published on March 1st but it was actually written in mid February so this first update covers my preparation from then until the end of March because this one is literally being written as a diary and updated as I go along. Booking Well, the walk itself is now … More The Laugavegur (Prep) Diaries: part 2
This week I decided to do something I’ve wanted to do for a long time: I’m going to walk Iceland’s Laugavegur Trail and I’m going to keep a diary of the preparation and the real thing, partly to keep track of everything and partly to make sure I have no choice but to do it. … More The Laugavegur (Prep) Diaries: part 1
In mid-2014, a volcano in Iceland started rumbling. On August 29th 2014, I shrieked aloud in excitement in front of a dozen uninterested elderly ladies because it had finally started erupting. Well, the volcano hadn’t. But its magma was oozing out of a fissure not too far away. It oozed and poured and fountained for … More My best souvenir: lava!
Every year, between Christmas and New Year, my friend Tom and I go on an adventure to the beach. I guess the beach isn’t a rule but it always has been the beach. This year we went to Charmouth. If you watched Broadchurch, Broadchurch itself is everywhere from Bridport to Lyme Regis, so Charmouth is part … More Fossil hunting in Charmouth: Tom & Julie’s Annual Adventure
I’ve talked about Longleat and its winter lights before. I’m an annual pass holder so I go regularly but I especially go for the lights. I don’t like Christmas. I find it stressful, I loathe enforced fun, I hate the movies, I don’t like the songs and I hate that it begins so early and … More Longleat’s Festival of Lights 2017
Over the summer, I saw a post on Instagram that said, amongst other things: What did the younger, idealistic version of yourself want to do when they ‘grew up’? Are you doing it? Once you start earning a wage it’s easy to stop trying for more. To stop chasing your goals. To become settled and … More Having a job is eeevil!
I’ve never been to Hengistbury Head. Always fancied it, never got round to it. When I did GCSE geography, there were six groups. Five of them went to Hengistbury Head and did something with measuring the beach. One group went to the local village and looked at land use by colouring in a map. Guess … More Exploring Hengistbury Head
Today’s blog is not about travel or adventures. It’s about me, because I know you want to learn twenty-four random facts about me! In real life, I’m a business development administrator two days a week and a statistical researcher two other days. This means I know things like how many boats there are in the … More 24 facts about me!
In this latest edition of Wessex Watchtower (and I still hate that name, so if you can think of anything better, please let me know!), I’m off to Longleat. Back when it opened in 1966, it cost £1 per car in order for the Lord Bath of the time to pay some of the costs of … More A day out at Longleat Safari Park
I Am A Polar Bear 