Following on from my Yorkshire road trip blog, I realised I have a ton of pretty photos from Haworth... but I definitely did not spend long enough there to write about the place. I am about to leave on a VERY exciting trip (can you guess where??) so I won't be posting for a few… Continue reading Photo Friday: Postcards From Haworth, A Yorkshire Gem
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A Day Driving Through The Yorkshire Dales: Highlights Of A One Day Road Trip
There are many places around the UK that I have completely overlooked. It's not that I don't want to spend time in my home country - far from it; look at how much I explore Scotland. But truthfully, it takes time to explore the UK. Cornwall is a nine hour drive from us, and we… Continue reading A Day Driving Through The Yorkshire Dales: Highlights Of A One Day Road Trip
Visiting Northumberland, An Underrated County Of Castles
With Northumberland only being a couple of hours from our door, right over the border in England, it's amazing that it took so long for us to finally check it out. But then isn't that always the way? If the past few years have taught us anything, it's that some of the most surprising treasures… Continue reading Visiting Northumberland, An Underrated County Of Castles
Seeking Out New Places In London & Accidentally Seeing All Of The Landmarks
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
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
An Orcadian Abroad 