Travels and Tribulations

This boy really knows how to do Christmas presents. Sat in a sticky living room in Bali, I unwrapped an envelope – excited with the...

I forgot my camera charger. I packed everything I could possibly need for at least a month EXCEPT my camera charger. I am in the most...

There’s something exciting about having a flight after work. Watching the clock tick closer with panic about rush hour traffic acting as...

With a Monzo notification reminding me that I still pay for a domain name, I thought it apt after 12 months to give this thing another...

It was a cold and ordinary mid-February weekend that marked the end of a week of auditing, of Teams calls, of early meetings and project...

Change and all its challenges...

Well, I did it. I made the big step outside of the bubble and I settled on a big, lovely city. Well big to a country bumpkin who has...

So, we’re in another lockdown and while spring is supposed to be on its way with sunnier skies and an easing of restrictions, I also...

Well, it’s round 2 of lockdown so once again, I’m doing my exploring slightly closer to home. But this time it’s cold. And rainy. And...

I’d researched good places to walk before I even came down to the Scottish Borders and this was the first to pop up so I was determined...

In a world that’s becoming more and more interconnected in every way, it’s difficult to find a holiday destination so completely...

Well, it was May revision week and we were all just about fed up of revision. It was first year and, as all the older years kept...

Looking ahead to my first university summer, it seemed like an eternity. What can anyone do to fill 4 months? Especially when you can’t...

June stretched out ahead of me like when you drop the loo roll and it never seems to end, impossible to roll back up again. As a...