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Sherpa Adventure Gear - wearing this

Review: Sherpa Adventure Gear Shirt

Finally, a printed shirt that's fashionable and sustainable! This is what I said when I eagerly unwrapped the packaging from Sherpa Adventure Gear. I love a good printed shirt, especially my travel themed shirts showcasing all of the adventures that people could have...

Best Tip To Save Water In The Garden

Best Tip To Save Water In The Garden

Since getting into my gardening for the last three years, I have grown very aware of how precious and valuable water is needed for my garden, especially with the regular heatwaves we've been having (remember the 40 degree weather in 2022?) and we've just had a long...

Hello again

Hello again

"Hello again!" With the popular Titanic meme in mind saying this in the way 'it's been 84 years...', I have to confess, it's been a while since I last properly posted on this blog. 4 years, in fact.  Post-covid, after a period of not being able to travel, I soon found...

In front of Nine Standards Rigg

Westmorland Dales Trip – A Sneak Preview

text You know when you get one of those trips to remember for the rest of your life? 
I certainly count my long glamping weekend with the doodledog and Thomas to the Westmorland Dales – the northern extension of the Yorkshire Dales (and in fact, in Cumbria!) – as a truly brilliant one to look fondly back on. 

Simba Cooling Pillow with Ed

Review: The Cooling Pillow for the Travels

It's the middle of the night. You can hear the faint whir of the fan trying its utmost hardest to blow recycled warm air on your body, you're uncomfortable with the stickiness of your sweat on top of the sheets and you can feel the compressing of humid heat weigh upon...

Robin Hood's Bay at dusk

Robin Hood’s Bay Beach at Dusk

'Wow, it's so still and calm!' I exclaimed as I jumped from one rocky outcrop to another on this beach at Robin Hood's Bay. The dusk was settling in; casting a cool blue hue over the rocky beach that laid bare at the lowest tide at this enclave on the North Yorkshire...

Snow

A snow covered February

  For those who live in the UK, did you enjoy the snow earlier on this month?  After what has been the longest January ever of twiddling thumbs back at home under lockdown, it was a welcome relief to have something different happen at the start of February with...