I love Sparkle & Ice. I haven’t missed a single year, not even 2021, when it was cancelled because of some killer mutant virus. I took a mix of Guides & Rangers in 2017, just Rangers in 2019 and 2020, volunteered in 2018 and 2022 and I’m taking my new Rangers this year. However, this … More Sparkle & Ice 2023: the biggest one
Last year, one of my favourite YouTubers, Beau Miles, did a series called “Twelve Days of Christmas Newness” which started before Christmas but didn’t finish until early April. I liked the idea. In fact, after the pain that was Blogmas last year, I borrowed the idea, in that I’d do a Christmas/winter series called Twelve … More Twelve Weeks of Newness
It’s Tuesday and it’s another video and this is neither Iceland nor a travel vlog of any kind – this is me, in my Guide uniform, standing in my office, talking about my Girlguiding journey. As I explain right at the start, I’ve been watching Brogan Tate’s video on the same subject since last March, … More Video: My Girlguiding journey
I’ve said several times recently that the end of the alphabet is difficult so, yes, we’re arriving at “y not?”. Y not indeed, as the waiter howled at my granny’s favourite restaurant. And I’m going to illustrate “y not?” with pictures of me living my best life having adventures! Why travel solo? Why not? You … More The A-Z of Solo Female Travel: Y is for Y Not?
It’s December again! Last year I fried my brain doing Blogmas and swore I’d never do it again. Now it’s January 17th and I’ve decided to do Twelve Days of Christmas. Yes, you read that correctly. It’s January 17th. I’ve decided I’m going to get on top of this whole thing really early! So this … More How to make a Norwegian troll for your Christmas tree
Welcome to something of a sneak peek at a new series for 2024, in which I look at everywhere I’ve been and fill in the gaps, the places and experiences I just haven’t written about for various reasons. There are at least five stories missing from Helsinki back in May so those are definitely coming … More NauthólsvÃk: Iceland’s warm geothermal beach
Just like the Accidental Ring Road Summer 2023 and Quest for the New Volcano Summer 2022 vlogs, I intended for my week in Iceland in February nine months ago to be a series of daily videos but first of all, it turns out I didn’t film enough on pretty much any day. Monday Friday and … More Video: Iceland in February | Iceland winter vlog 🇮🇸
By now, my entire Iceland Summer 2023 video series is out – if you want to watch it, the playlist is here (please do go and watch it! I’m very new to this and every view counts!). While I was making it, and because I had some time-consuming stuff to do over summer and early … More An Iceland Itinerary: What to see and do in Iceland according to YouTube.
At last, it’s the last video in the series. It’s now late November and I did this trip in July/August! This was one I particularly dithered over – is it worth doing a day nine or should I skip it or should I just combine days 8 & 9? I made separate videos but the … More Video: Finding Seljavallalaug
Yeah, yeah, this end of the alphabet is hard, ok? What travel-related subject begins with X? I’ve been thinking about this since I first had the idea for this series a year ago and the best I can come up with is that X is for Xenophilia. Greek, you know. Xeno- from Ancient Greek: ξÎνος … More The A-Z of Solo Female Travel: X is for Xenophilia
I Am A Polar Bear 