I got an email from a reader back in September. That’s not a common thing for me. It was about coping with ARFID on a school trip and I thought that might be a useful thing to pop up on the blog. Apart from the fact that it’s my blog and I can talk about what … More How to manage school trips with ARFID
I have many Christmas traditions (these three decorations must go here, here and here on the Christmas tree, making mince pies with Dad, putting out the boots, eating my body weight in After Eights) and one of them is that on the day after Boxing Day (or the day after that, depending on whether there’s a … More Christmas Adventure at West Bay
Well, 2024 on the blog started well! In everything else that was going on, I forgot to finish today’s post and I let Thursday’s sneak out early (and when it was still only a paragraph long too!). Idiot. That’s because I’ve not been properly at my desk recently. I’m back now! Going to get everything … More A reintroduction for 2024
As I was walking on Dartmoor yesterday (two months ago in real time!), I began to think about my bag, which meant I began to think about what I carry on a day hike on Dartmoor and I thought that might be quite a good subject for a blog post. Note it’s “what I carry” … More What I carry on a day hike on Dartmoor
The oldest series on this blog is Useful Travel Items but I’ve decided it needs a bit of an overhaul so among other things, it’s now called you should pack this and the first thing to pack in the new format is my charging kit. Packing electronics has always been a thorny issue. Have you … More My charging kit | you should pack this
Yep, it really is just what it says on the tin. I’m walking the Laugavegur Trail again next year. I meant to do it in 2020 but we know what happened. 21 wasn’t much better. 22 was all about the volcano. 23… well, life got busy. By the time you see this, I’ll have done … More I’m walking the Laugavegur Trail again next year
Well, here we go, I guess. Time to talk about the one weirdness I try to keep quiet. I have ARFID, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. It’s an eating disorder, not one of the famous ones and it does impact my life, although mostly not in the way you might expect. What is ARFID? It … More Travelling with ARFID
Oh, this has been a long time coming! I finally bought some Icelandic chocolate and I’m comparing it to its Nordic brothers and sisters for the first time so this is the first of four battles coming over the next few months. In the red corner we have Sirius, the Iceland contender. Sirius is a … More Icelandic chocolate vs Swedish chocolate
Every year, my friend Tom and I go for a “Christmas Adventure”. We started doing it in 2014 and it’s become a beloved ritual. We even managed it in 2020 and 2021 (with special guest Catherine!) – we both had to drive, which meant no wine and we had to keep our distance but it … More A winter’s day at Mudeford: Christmas Adventure 2022
This week I’m bringing you glad tidings from Shaftesbury, a royal town in North Dorset. Why? Well… If you don’t watch Richard Osman’s House of Games, it’s a teatime quiz show made on a shoestring where four celebrities compete to win dartboards, aprons, deckchairs and the like, all emblazoned with the stylised face of … More Shaftesbury: a royal town in North Dorset
I Am A Polar Bear 