Guess what, everybody - WE FINALLY MADE IT TO JAPAN!!! Four years after we were originally due to fly out, we finally landed in the one bucket-list destination that kept trying to get away from us! It goes without saying that Japan lived up to every hype. It's incredible in so many different ways to… Continue reading My Top 10 Highlights Of Our Trip To Japan
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Photo Friday: Postcards From Haworth, A Yorkshire Gem
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
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
Photo Friday: Weird & Quirky Sights Around Riga
While writing my main Riga blog post, I had a problem. I had sooooooo many photos to use. How on earth was I going to narrow it down from an already shortlisted 100 to an acceptable amount for a blog post? Well, it soon became apparent that a chunk of my photos were... silly. Even… Continue reading Photo Friday: Weird & Quirky Sights Around Riga
How To Spend A Festive Winter Weekend In Riga, Latvia
My recent trip to Riga was for one main reason: Christmas markets! It seems a bit strange to be writing about Christmas markets right now, but after my previous Riga post about what a disaster the trip ended up being, I really wanted to write about what I loved about it. Because actually, Riga was… Continue reading How To Spend A Festive Winter Weekend In Riga, Latvia
Visiting Geldrop, The Lord Of The Rings Town In The Netherlands
Years and years ago, I read about Geldrop and how this completely unassuming Dutch town just outside Eindhoven had named an entire estate of street names after Tolkien characters. In fact, when I changed my "bucket list" page to a "wanderlist" page (a list of things I wanted to do that don't necessarily make "bucket… Continue reading Visiting Geldrop, The Lord Of The Rings Town In The Netherlands
Being Giant Kids For The Weekend At Efteling, The Dutch Fairytale Theme Park
My colleague, at one point on our many hikes last year, mentioned how much she'd like to visit Efteling, a theme park in the Netherlands. Despite my knowledge being limited to snippets of stories of Ash's childhood visits there when his Dad was stationed in Germany, I said I'd be up for it, and Ash… Continue reading Being Giant Kids For The Weekend At Efteling, The Dutch Fairytale Theme Park
A Tale Of Riga & Ryanair – It’s Another Travel Disaster Story
I had a wonderful time in Riga recently, but there's a story I need to tell before I delve into what I loved about our trip to this Baltic city. Riga was my final trip of 2023, and I spent the weekend wandering through Christmas markets, playing with bunnies, eating pelmeni dumplings, drinking out of… Continue reading A Tale Of Riga & Ryanair – It’s Another Travel Disaster Story
A Literary Burns-Themed Weekend In Dumfries and Ayrshire
It's almost a year since we visited south-west Scotland, a region dramatically overlooked by visitors, ourselves included - that is, until last year. We decided to visit Dumfries & Galloway and Ayrshire the weekend after Burns night, celebrated all over Scotland on the 25th January, which seemed apt and it meant we based our whole… Continue reading A Literary Burns-Themed Weekend In Dumfries and Ayrshire
2023: It’s Another Mad Year In Review
After the madness of 2022, I think 2023 needed to be a quieter year. Anyone who knows me will be well aware that that's a challenge for me, and you will soon find out that I failed the challenge exceptionally. From having a couple of trips planned throughout the year, to suddenly having loads of… Continue reading 2023: It’s Another Mad Year In Review
An Orcadian Abroad 