Christmas season is, without doubt, my favourite time of year. The warm woolly jumpers come out, the fires go on, the festive lights go up and the Christmas songs start playing. I love it! Every December, I make a habit of writing down all the good things...
(Missed the first part? Read Part 1 here) Day 3 Everyone on board had been put into 2 watches, 5 people in each, and my team had the late morning watch for today - 1pm to 7pm and 11pm to 3am. The next day we would switch so our duty times would be 7am to 1pm, 7pm to...
Hiking Israel (2017)My first big adventure! An un-supported hike 1000km the length of Israel with my husband. This trek included a crossing of the Negev desert. I went on to publish an award-winning memoir of this journey - Three Stripes South.Kicking the States...
I put together this comprehensive itinerary for 2 weeks in Japan based on my first time visiting the country (with a few tweaks based on my subsequent visits). I've shared what were the highlights and what you should leave out....specifically for someone visiting...
Duhallow - yet another WW1 cemetery in the small town of Ypres. Like all the others it's silent, peaceful and beautifully maintained. Like all the others it has rows upon rows of smart white gravestones, lined up like soldiers. Only this one...
The way I met my husband was a little unorthodox so it only seemed fitting that we do something equally unusual for our honeymoon. We decided we'd visit the Burning Man festival! Attending Burning Man from the UK came with its difficulties, but it was surprisingly...
