Writing

Writing tips to get you writing and enjoying writing more. The aim is to boost your confidence, show how to write and get you into regular writing practice.

How to Avoid Injury When Running: 9 Hot Tips

In the first three years of my running endeavours, I successfully avoided injury. Alas, I’m writing this now with a niggling hip and/or hamstring

3 Reasons Guatelamala is so Much MORE than Tikal

Like many travelers before us, the main reason we visited Guatemala was to see Tikal. We also thought Guatemala would

What’s your Fantasy Lifestyle?

Paradise Rescued is a memoir by a British expat called David Stannard. It’s a gorgeous story about how David bought

A Heavenly Day Out in Hervey Bay

The sea’s as flat as the pancakes the kids at the table next to us are devouring; perfectly calm and ridiculously blue. We found plenty of things to do in Hervey Bay when we last

Funny travel story - restaurant and waiter

Funny Travel Story: When Your Waiter Gets Arrested

One of my formative travel experiences was a low, low, low budget trip to Egypt with my best friend Fiona. We were typical poverty stricken London University students, but that didn’t stop our adventuring ways.

3 Fun Things to Do During Earth Hour

My mum was a midwife and she still claims that nine months after a powercut there would be a local babyboom. I guess entertainment options are limited when there is no electricity

The 5 Health Essentials for Busy Women

When I was young I didn’t appreciate my good health and abused my body by smoking a pack of cigarettes a day and partying fartoo much. I’m often astonished by how resilient

My Mantra

A few years ago when I was in the depths of depression I tried to shift my perspective through exercise, adventure and challenge

Wild Movie Tickets and Book Giveaway!

Have you ever just wanted to pack your bag, lace up your boots and walk off into the unknown? That’s what Cheryl Strayed did and wrote about in

Travel Packing Essentials: a Pretty Dress by Adrift

Every year for Christmas I buy myself a pretty dress then give it to my husband to give to me. It works a treat because I always

Gifts for Travellers: 5 Hot Ideas

With the holiday season hot on our heels it’s time to think about gifts for travellers. Of course we should be saving every penny

12 Amazing Survival Books by Courageous Travellers

I’m a sucker for survival books! Either anxiety is driving me to read survival stories in the hope I’ll pick up a few survival tips

Why I Write (a Travel Blog and Other Things)

Why I Write is part of a ‘blog hop’ which I was invited to join by the lovely Aussie travel bloggers Linda atJourneyJottings and

2 Minute Reader Survey: Have Your Say!

It’s been four years since I started this blog and three years since I ran a survey. Yikes! Time flies… Get In the Hot Spot

How to Master Your Finances and Enjoy Freedom

How to Master Your Money and Gain Freedom to Travel

Money (or lack of it) is just one of the reasons people give for not travelling but it’s one of the easiest to solve. Fear, personal circumstances or no time

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