That’s a total clickbait title – for the first time, I deliberately didn’t book a qualification at Try Inspire Qualify because there were none I wanted to do that I haven’t already done. Try Inspire Qualify has a lot in common with Camp Wildfire, actually: a lot of adults taking the weekend off being responsible … More I didn’t qualify at Try Inspire Qualify!
You might have seen my post from Monday about going to Camp Wildfire and what it’s like, my first weekend festival experience. And if you’ve been to Camp Wildfire yourself, you might have noticed that actually, I didn’t do that much, not when you really understand how much is on offer. And there’s a reason … More What it’s like working at a festival
I know, any travel or lifestyle blogger worth their salt has at least a little archive of festival content but this was my first time. Technically it’s not my first ever festival – I went to the Larmer Tree Festival for the evening in 2015 and for the whole day in 2019 but I’ve never … More I went to Camp Wildfire!
I like the west of Iceland. It’s a lot more chilled than the south-west – there’s enough to keep you busy but there’s no pressure of “you need to see this, this and this before you go back!” and there’s definitely no crowds. Oh, I don’t say you won’t see a single tour bus sitting … More A cultural day in West Iceland
Ok, actually, it’s my own car at home that’s backwards. I live in a backwards country that uses vehicles that literally mirror cars in the entire rest of the world. No, it’s not the entire rest of the world but I’d have to look up who uses the same road system as the UK and … More I drove a backwards car
You know me. I’m a simple soul. I see hot water and I bathe in it. And in Iceland, hot water is abundant because it literally comes out of the ground and on this trip, I made my first visit to Krauma, a geothermal spa in the west coast region which has been on my … More Is Krauma overpriced and overrated?
When I first wrote this, it was with the intention of being equal parts “I saw a live volcano!!” and “no one’s talking about the hike, only the exciting firey bit” but between visiting and… well, not even publishing. Two or three days after I visited, the volcano ground to a halt. You can still … More I hiked to the new volcano!
Since it was so hot and since I’m getting into sea swimming, while I was away camping I went to Weston-super-Mare every evening and went for a swim in their Marine Lake. It’s a nice wild compromise – it’s still a wild swim but it’s one where there are other people around and very strict … More The tides get very high at Weston Marine Lake
*sighs* Look. I like camping. But the last two trips have been so offputting that right now, I feel like binning my tents and never setting foot on a campsite again. I freely admit that I use Twitter as a steam valve but I do try to keep this blog reasonably positive. If I don’t … More I may not ever go camping again
You may – or more likely, may not – remember back in 2019 I started a series called Before It Burns Down, which is a very tasteless title for my plan to visit all the cathedrals, after having realised when Notre-Dame caught fire that these medieval behemoths might not actually sit and wait for me … More The weirdness and wonder of Wells Cathedral
I Am A Polar Bear 