UK Lockdown 2.0 — A Walk a Day: Fulltime Summary

Hello again, my fellow travellers and lockdown walkers! We finally made it, UK lockdown 2.0 done, 28 daily walks in the bag, and lots of pictures and insights to show for it. So, what did we learn this time around? Let’s have a look! Nonsuch Fact Finding Mission One of my avid readers asked me […]

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Tromsø and Its Snowy Playgrounds: Truly a Winter Wonderland

“Ladies, you’re in luck. I gave you the fastest dogs out of the whole lot,” Erik, our dog sledding guide, smirkingly announced while leading the way, which confirmed the hunch I already had. Instead of helping the dogs with an occasional push, I had to make sure to never step off that breaker ledge while […]

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UK Lockdown 2.0 — A Walk a Day: Halftime Summary

Hello, my fellow travellers! I hope you’re keeping up the good spirits in those challenging times. Some of you following me on Twitter — let’s be real, four of you 🙂 — might already know that I’ve been taking myself on a daily walk ever since lockdown kicked in again. Ironically, I was supposed to […]

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Painting the Town Red in Tromsø: A Nordic City Full of Surprises

“Sleigh bells ring, are ya listenin’? In the lane snow is glistenin’…” — not sure where Bing Crosby was walking when inspiration hit him but that was the tune playing on repeat in my head when exploring Tromsø for an extended weekend earlier this year. My last trip before we entered this travel-less […]

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Shetland After Dark: Night Owl Meets Storm Petrels

“They should be here any minute,” Garry says walking towards the cliff where I found a somewhat comfortable stone – as comfortable as a stone in the middle of the night can be. I was taking in the view, listening to the waves breaking against the cliffs, an incredibly peaceful sound I never knew I […]

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Finding a New Angle: Wild Camping in the Lake District

Armed with my little trowel – which of course had to be bright orange, why even bother being subtle about it – I made my way up a hill just behind our campsite while the rest of the group were still in their tents, …prime time to take care of mother nature. Coming out of […]

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Hello World: Meet the SoloTravelless

Once upon time, there was a small town girl stuck in a pandemic spontaneously booking herself onto a wild camping weekend to escape the continuous flow of rejection letters grinding down her confidence and leaving her happy nature in tatters. Two weeks later, she found herself sitting on a rock watching the sun set in […]

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