This week, I’ve seen this Guardian article – Three-quarters of UK adults can’t read a map – going around my social media several times. It’s one of these classic “what’s happened to the world??” articles designed to get older readers tutting. Now. This is a write-up of the results of a poll by Ordnance Survey, … More Outdoors 101: A few map-reading basics
Yes, I was a Lumenator in Green Space Dark Skies’ Maiden Castle short film which was released late last week! It’s the first time – and probably the last time – I’ve ever added a video to a playlist called Videos I Appear In That I Didn’t Make Myself and I don’t even actually appear … More I played a Lumenator in a Green Space Dark Skies film!
Let’s talk about how I built up to solo female travel. My first real trip was five days in Helsinki in November 2008 but I’d had a lot of various practice over the years which meant it wasn’t quite such a shock to the system – or to my parents – when I first went … More How I built up to solo female travel
It feels like a long time since I’ve done some Wessex Girl/local travel stuff so today we’re heading to Blandford Forum, a market town in North Dorset which I really should have written about years ago. Its interestingly Roman name just means it has a market. It’s not a Roman town, although I think it’s … More A day in Blandford Forum
It’s taken a while to figure out what the second installment of How To Solo Female Travel should be but watching my parents take over an hour to book flights to Copenhagen made me realise – it’s how to plan your trip. Where are you going? Maybe you already know where you want to go. … More How to Solo Female Travel 2: how to plan your trip
January is a gloomy time of year. The lights and joy of Christmas are behind us but spring is still a long way ahead. It’s a month to get through, not one to relish, and you’re probably making it worse by putting pressure on yourself to make a load of unrealistic life changes all at … More Illuminate at the Blue Pool
Welcome to another new series for 2022! This one is about a subject I know quite a bit about but don’t make prominent enough of this blog: solo female travel. Over the course of 2022, I’ll cover everything I can think of about travelling alone as a woman and you can always leave me a … More How to solo female travel: assessing the risks
I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. I want to walk the Laugavegur Trail again. I did it in 2018, with mixed results, and I’d like to do it again. International travel is starting to open up again. Well, I guess it’s been open enough for a while. For the avoidance of doubt, … More I want to do the Laugavegur Trail again (and how I’ll do it differently)
With half of Devon and Cornwall to choose from for my first day out on my Cornwall/Devon weekend away, I dithered over the guidebook for all of breakfast. There’s just so much to see and do and none of it quite on my doorstep, except Launceston (which I did last time I was in the area) … More Port Isaac and Port Quin | Glamping at Launceston 2021
I’ve just watched someone in all seriousness tell a fairly large following that you can use Google Earth to plan a hike and therefore I need to announce categorically that no, you cannot! And thus here is how to plan a hike.. This is about the route, by the way. It’s not about equipment, experience, … More How to plan a hike