When I met my friend in October to see her off back to Australia, we had a plan to see lots of odd places in London that we hadn't been to before. We've both been to London countless times, seen all the landmarks over and over, and this visit was more about going off-beat and… Continue reading Seeking Out New Places In London & Accidentally Seeing All Of The Landmarks
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What To Do In Liverpool On A Monday
Whenever I think of a blog post title in advance of actually doing the trip, nothing ever goes to plan (see: A Perfect Weekend In Perthshire, which was far from perfect). In this case, I had come up with the satisfyingly alliterated A Day At The Docks: A Layover In Liverpool, which would involve a… Continue reading What To Do In Liverpool On A Monday
Meres, Tarns & Waters: A Short Stint In The Lake District
Last month, we finally crossed the border for the first time in eighteen months - over to the beautiful Lake District. I hadn't been to the Lake District since I was eight years old, so my memory of it is patchy at best. I remember staying with my aunt & uncle and being allergic to… Continue reading Meres, Tarns & Waters: A Short Stint In The Lake District
2019: My Year In Review
2019 has been all about the next huge step of our lives. It's been about accepting the end of long-term travel adventures and embracing the new adventure of finding our forever home. For us, it was always going to be Edinburgh. We've been low-key planning to move to Edinburgh for pretty much the past decade… Continue reading 2019: My Year In Review
A Festive Weekend In York
York is one of those wonderfully quintessential English cities that manages to capture the imagination in a way that, to be honest, not many English cities do. We first visited in 2017 for a couple of hours, and again this summer for a couple of hours. Seeing a pattern? Us too, and it needed to… Continue reading A Festive Weekend In York
Photo Friday: The Street Art Of Shoreditch, London
London never struck me as a huge city for street art. Apart from the famous Banksy artworks and the iconic Camden buildings, I couldn't have told you anything about any other murals in the city, or famous street art alleys like you have in Melbourne and San Francisco. But with the rise of the street… Continue reading Photo Friday: The Street Art Of Shoreditch, London
Off-Beat London: A Quirky Weekend In The Capital
A few weeks ago, we jetted off to London for a weekend for the first time ever. It sounds stupid saying it like that; I've been to London more times than I can count (I would guess in the region of 60), yet I'd never spent the night there, and I've rarely seen it before… Continue reading Off-Beat London: A Quirky Weekend In The Capital
Five Cities, Six Buses, Two Trains, One Week: My UK Adventure
When I started planning this trip, I was only going to hit up Edinburgh to see one of my favourite bands and catch up with a few friends. A weekend turned into a "long weekend" when I thought it might be a good idea to take an earlier ferry just in case, and my plan… Continue reading Five Cities, Six Buses, Two Trains, One Week: My UK Adventure
24 Hours In London On A Budget
London is a favourite destination for millions across the world and I worked out recently that I've visited the UK capital over 60 times - and yet, there is so much more still for me to discover every time I visit. Being in such close proximity to the city, I have never even spent a… Continue reading 24 Hours In London On A Budget
An Orcadian Abroad 