Category: Travel Diary
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What the Year of the Snake Taught Me About Travel and What the Horse Asks Next
A reflective travel essay on the Year of the Snake and the Year of the Horse… how journeys through Ireland, Scandinavia, Dubai, the Maldives and Poland became lessons in shedding, movement and becoming.
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A Soft Place to Land: One Week in the Maldives
Some places arrive in your life not with noise or urgency, but with a quiet certainty. The Maldives was that kind of place for me… not a rush, not a spectacle, but a soft landing. A week where time loosened its grip, where days were shaped more by light and water than by clocks, and…
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The Versatile Blogger Award
I was thrilled to bits to be nominated for this award! When I started blogging I was looking for an outlet to share my scribbles about travelling, my thoughts about the world and a platform to share a real passion of mine – photography. It’s given me the opportunity to engage with some fantastic bloggers…
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Norway Day 8: Island life…
Island hopping Norwegian style – taking a scenic trip from Ålesund to the airport via lighthouses, cheesecakes and raving natural beauty…
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Norway Day 7: Hot town, summer in the city
Throwing back the curtains to sunshine and blue skies, I relished the day ahead in beautiful Art Nouveau Ålesund. Technically it was still Spring but it couldn’t have felt more summery in the middle of August. It’s a town which nestles snugly between the Sunnmøre Alps and the Norwegian Sea, serving as a gateway to…
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Norway Day 6: Blue skies, nothing but blue skies…
Saturday morning, 8am… I awoke and with a little sadness knew it was time to pack my bag once more and move onwards to Ålesund. I drew back the curtain to be greeted by two enormous ships just a little way down the fjord. This softened the blow of my imminent departure. But first, there…
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Norway Day 5: Hangin’ out in Geiranger
As my eyes opened to a beautiful Geiranger morning, the first sounds danced their way into my ear drums. Running water… Birds chirping… Goats… What? Yes, goats. A herd of goats were chomping their way through the long grass on the other side of the river whilst peeking through the fence at any passers by.…