Away We Go
It’s fitting that I should start this column in a state of nervous anticipation. In five days’ time I will pack up my life (again) and quite literally run away to join the circus. A real-life circus with clowns and acrobats and a big top I will help assemble every week when we move to [...]
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Let me take you to…The Lake District
I first visited The Lake District in England, a little over a month ago, and was excited to be going there as I’d heard many wonderful things about its natural beauty. At the same time, though, I almost felt ashamed that as a person who loves her home country I hadn’t been to such a [...]
Winter holiday breaks in London with the girls!
Didn’t get a summer break this year? Or do you prefer to escape when the weather is crisp and cold and the hotels are extra cosy? A weekend break to London with your girlfriends might be just what the doctor ordered, before the Christmas frenzy begins. Here are some ideas for how to plan your [...]
Love or Loathe: A Taste Of Home When Abroad
So ‘travelling solo’ won last month’s poll by a margin, but as some of you pointed out, find the right person to travel with, and your time away can be an enjoyable one. Perhaps! When you’re travelling, though, do you find pleasure in escaping all traces of your home land, or would stumbling across a [...]
Let Me Take You To…London
With London playing host to the 2012 Olympics, the city is under immense pressure to impress not only the Olympic performers and visitors to the games, but the rest of the world too, as all eyes focus on England’s capital. Many travellers will undoubtedly do their best to avoid London during this, its most [...]
Lands of Legend: The Devil’s Punch Bowl
A couple of stories for you first. Once upon a time, two giants met on the lands now known as England. The giants didn’t get along (a common problem amongst giants really) and so began to fight, grabbing great big lumps of earth from beneath their feet to hurl at each other. One giant did [...]
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A Tale Of English Charm, Donkeys and Breast Enlarging Cream
When my husband accepted a job as the manager of a large fruit farm in rural Morocco, we moved there with no preconceptions of what our life would be like, and not because we chose not to think about it, but because we really didn’t have a clue what to expect. We certainly weren’t under any [...]
The Great British Pastime – Camping
I have always loved camping, but rarely do I get the chance. In fact, I’ve never camped in the UK. Camping is one of the great British loves, which seems strange considering our more than unpredictable weather. Not exactly tons of sleeping-outside sunshine… But yet, here we are and a few weeks ago, my friends [...]
Settling in Abroad
Now I know this may seem a strange topic for this week, but I have decided to take a look at the practicalities and normalities of living life abroad. 18 months ago, (today, ironically!), my plane landed in Canada and I have been living here since. Before moving here, I planned very little, prepared very [...]
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5 Books for London
5 books for London Orlando by Virginia Woolf One of her lesser known but most beautiful and accessible novels, Orlando: A Biography–written for Woolf’s lover, Vita Sackville-West–is the fantastical biography of a young noble(wo)man named Orlando who is born during the reign of Elizabeth I, and decides never to grow old. As the history [...]
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