This is my favourite video of the series and I’m so excited that it’s finally out! Day four of my Iceland vlog series sees me on a tour bus at 7.40am to head out into the Desert of Misdeeds to Askja. It’s a shorter day than I expected, only eleven and a half hours, driving … More Video: Expedition to Askja & Viti | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
Today we’re talking practicality again. V is for Visas! There are many countries that you can’t just turn up to, you need to get a visa. There are also many countries where you’ll need a visa but you get it on arrival. And of course, we’ve “taken back control” and we’ve now got blue passports … More The A-Z of Solo Female Travel: V is for Visas
When I went to Iceland in February, I went with the hope of finding a chance to watch a documentary I’d seen mentioned in the Reykjavik Grapevine: Swimming Pool Stories, a film about Icelandic pool culture. I couldn’t find it online. Was there maybe a cinema in Reykjavik where I could catch it? Might it … More Film review: Swimming Pool Stories
In this week’s video, it’s my birthday! I give you a quick tour of Systragil, drive the hour or so to Myvatn, put up my tent at a beautiful lakeside campsite and then head to Myvatn. Hverir, the hot springs area, is my first stop, then I go up to the viewpoint over the Krafla … More Video: Exploring the Krafla geothermal area | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
Girlguiding SWE and LaSER always have a Dartmoor training and leisure walking weekend the weekend of the 20-somethingth of September. I usually go. I did my training in 2014 and I use the leisure weekend to build up my logbook. You used to email them and request a place and now there’s an event site … More A solo logbook walk on Dartmoor
I think this is finally the last “what I did in Iceland this summer” post. It’s actually the first thing I did – first after I’d driven three hours to Þingvellir, camped on a chilly cloudy night and dealt with tyres with low pressure. I’d detoured off the Ring Road because I liked the idea … More A morning at Guðlaug Baths
Another Tuesday, another video. Today is day two of my summer Iceland vlog series, in which I pack up my car, set off to Akranes to sort out a tyre and have a dip in a seaside hot pot and then drive five hours to Akureyri, arriving just in time for my appointment at the … More Video: Two geothermal pools in one day | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
The entire A-Z of Solo Female Travel series has pretty much assumed that your travel is going to be a bit outside your comfort zone – South East Asia, South America, Europe etc. But today I’m coming a bit closer to home, to contemplate travel in the UK and the USA, which are the two … More The A-Z of Solo Female Travel: U is for the UK and USA
Oh, I’ve been talking about this for so long! It’s been nearly two years since I decided to go down the kayaking leadership route and at long last, I’ve got my first actual qualification on that route! I finally did my Paddlesport Safety and Rescue course – in fact, it’s been so long that the … More I finally did my Paddlesport Safety & Rescue course!
It’s Tuesday, which means it’s video day! This is the first day in a series of daily vlogs from my trip to Iceland this summer. It’s a pretty big travel day: driving to Gatwick, flying to the airport, picking up my car and driving to… well, as you know from the title, Þingvellir. It was … More Video: Driving to Þingvellir | Iceland vlog 🇮🇸
I Am A Polar Bear 