With Sparkle & Ice 2023 only about ten days away now, it’s either a bit tight for time with advice or it’s perfect timing because you’re just reaching last-minute panic. I know at least one local leader has read my previous Sparkle posts and maybe I can become the authority on how to survive Girlguiding’s … More Winter camping tips (for Sparkle & Ice)
It’s time for the seventh video in the Iceland summer 2023 series and this is the one I’ve been looking forward to seeing the most. Today is the day when I’m off kayaking Jökulsárlón! Then I drove two or three hours across the south coast to Vik – you don’t see much of that – … More Video: Kayaking Jökulsárlón | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
Right now, the Blue Lagoon is closed because massive tectonic activity only a couple of miles away is threatening an eruption that could pour lava into its blue waters within minutes of breaking through. Initially, it was just for seven days, and due to reopen on Thursday. Bearing in mind the beyond-massive activity on Friday … More Which is the best geothermal lagoon to visit in Iceland while the Blue Lagoon is closed?
Is November the optimum time to be publishing a post on camping kit? Nope! But I had other things I wanted to talk about first and this will be in place and waiting for you to take an interest again next summer. I wanted to show you and talk a little bit about the kit … More The camping kit I use in Iceland
Another week, another video – I’m driving over the mountains from Egilsstaðir to Skaftafell. It’s a longer drive than I planned so I break the journey with a little nose around Jökulsárlón. There’s plenty of behind the scenes here I really wish I could have stopped and filmed more of the mountain road but there … More Video: Mountains & glaciers | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
To be honest, I’m struggling a bit with this end of the alphabet. My first idea for W was Working Holidays but I don’t know anything about them except that simultaneously travelling and earning money seems a good thing. What else begins with W? And so we come to Worries. I think I’ve covered a … More The A-Z of Solo Female Travel: W is for Worries
I’ve got another installment of my Year Abroad tales. I was looking at my Switzerland map and there’s a lot of empty space on it. Where else have I been? I didn’t cover as much of Switzerland as I thought when I was living there, I didn’t go into much depth and I don’t remember … More Year Abroad: an expedition to Appenzell and St Gallen
It’s Tuesday, it’s six o’clock, it’s time for a new video. It’s episode 5 of the Iceland summer 2023 series and today I’m driving across the Desert of Misdeeds to Egilsstaðir before spending my evening at Vök Baths. I’ve quite enjoyed the behind-the-scenes thing, so let’s have a look at what else is going on … More Video: The Desert of Misdeeds | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
I’m honestly astonished I’ve not done this before. Following last month’s real itinerary, how not to do the Ring Road, I’m finally going to do something I thought I must have done by now, an actual full Ring Road itinerary. Ideally, you want the entire summer because there’s so much to do in Iceland that you simply … More The Ultimate Ten Day Iceland Ring Road itinerary
I was a tiny bit dubious about this book, simply because the author goes by the name Jules. If you were at school with me, you can probably hear the same allegedly “slimy but satisfying” voice that I hear, declaiming, “Hi, I’m Jules!”. I say this as a person who could go by Jules but … More Travel Library: Not Cool: Europe by Train in a Heatwave by Jules Brown
I Am A Polar Bear 