In November 2015, I went to Svalbard – that’s those really cold polar bear-infested islands right up north. It was amazing and I’ve since calculated that I was among the northernmost 0.004% of people in the world, which is quite a claim – that more than 99.99% of people on the planet are south of … More How to travel to Svalbard
I notice that a lot of people on the internet have two things. YouTubers with a hugely successful profitable Instagram. Bloggers who start a YouTube channel or a podcast. Instagrammers who create makeup pallets. And some people have multiple things – they call them revenue streams if they’re managing to make a living out of them – … More I’m writing a book: the difficult second album (and 11 things people don’t know about publishing a book)
Because I am all over all things Iceland, when I heard about Zac Efron in Iceland, I went and watched episode one of his new Netflix series, Down to Earth (actually, I had no idea about it but my sister watched it and took sufficient interest to be able to make noises at me that … More Down to Earth with Zac Efron: episode 1, Iceland
Welcome to my ultimate guide to the Laugavegur Trail. One of my favourite travel vloggers is Christianne Risman who recently launched her website, backpackingbananas.com. Among other things, she has a store with a Google Maps Backpacking Colombia legend, which I thought was an amazing idea. I’m working on an Iceland one but at the moment … More The Ultimate Guide to the Laugavegur Trail
Because I can blog about Iceland forever, here’s a post containing things no one mentions and things I see pop up over and over again – 20 things you need to know before you go to Iceland! 1. 99% of international flights come in to KeflavÃk airport. 99% of domestic flights go into ReykjavÃk. It’s … More 20 things you need to know before you go to Iceland
You might have noticed that I went to Russia last year and even though I made a point of writing down every penny I spent, it’s taken nearly ten months for it to occur to me to talk about the cost. How much does it cost to go to Russia? How much does it cost … More How much did my three weeks in Russia cost?
While we’re all safe at home for the foreseeable future and with no new travel on the horizon for some time, it’s a good time to look back at our past travels and one of my favourite ways of doing that is by making scrapbooks. Actually, I’ve discovered I have a surprising amount of scrapbook … More Stay At Home Storytelling: too many photos in a travel scrapbook
The other day I told you about my first trip to the Altitude Festival in 2010 and now we’re fast-forwarding to my last. The year is 2013, I’m back at Altitude Festival, back at my snowboarding lessons because I’m still not capable of going out on the mountains by myself and I happen to have … More Stay At Home Storytelling: My highest ever paraglide
Last year I was briefly employed as an outdoor activity instructor. I didn’t actually do any teaching but I was paid for two days of training to enlarge my repertoire from just archery and fencing. The bit of training I was most excited about was climbing. I used to climb a bit. When I was … More Stay At Home Storytelling: learning to boulder
A few weeks ago, I did a post on my DofE practice expedition and this is the real thing. The expedition is both the most dreaded and the best known of all the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award components. As a general rule, I think it’s the last thing to get done. The typical vision of … More Stay At Home Storytelling: My DofE Bronze expedition
I Am A Polar Bear 