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Podcast #006: The Great Outdoors

2018/12/10 2018/12/10 0

Welcome to Episode 6 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This time I’m talking about “The Great Outdoors”, about how it feels to leave your house, get outside, and be lost in nature. It’s a concept that’s always felt important to me; the openness, the beauty of …

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I'll Find My Way Home

Hiking Across Great Britain

2018/12/06 2018/12/06 2

… So, I may have committed to doing something somewhat epic, and equally very very silly. But of course, as ever, Your Mileage May Vary; for some people hiking across Great Britain for 800 miles is a perfectly normal way to spend a summer … But let’s have a little …

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Podcast #005: Vanuatu

2018/11/16 2018/11/17 0

Welcome to Episode 5 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. As mentioned last time, I recently went backpacking for 11 weeks. For almost a month of this, I explored several of the islands that make up the South Pacific country of Vanuatu. While I was there, it …

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Podcast #004: Reverse Culture Shock

2018/10/11 2018/11/17 0

Welcome to Episode 4 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. As you know, I’ve just had an 11-week trip around Oceania & Sri Lanka, and arriving back in the UK has sent my mood a little low. Though I’ve now been back for a bit over three …

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Podcast #001: Travelling Barefoot

2018/06/23 2018/11/17 0

Welcome to Episode 1 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. I aim to produce a weekly pod on topics relating to travel; not just about places, but also the reasons behind travel – why we travel, what we like about travel, and what issues we have with …

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All The Small Things

Confessions of a Travel Blogger

2017/11/02 2018/01/17 2

I am not a travel blogger. Now, that might sound like a strange thing to say, given that you’re reading a blog on the website of someone who travels around the world, and whose blog entries mostly concern either locations or aspects of travel. However, I’ve been musing over the …

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Return of the Barefoot Daisy

2016/08/24 2018/02/11 0

This post will appeal to different people in different ways … 😉 Earlier this month, I was invited to a wedding in Southampton. I’d known the bride for maybe 12 years, and she’s quite a casual, relaxed soul (it’s the Dutch mentality) – after the ceremony in the church, she …

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A Night Like This

The hidden fixed travel costs of having a house

2015/09/08 2015/09/08 0

There are a lot of posts around on travel blogs talking about how to save money to travel, showing you Travel Is Cheaper Than You Think, and showing you Ten Ways Of Saving Up For Your Gap Year. This is not one of them. There are also a lot of …

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Older People Can Backpack Too!

2015/08/25 2017/09/03 5

It seems to be a given that the travelling community is made up of wide-eyed twentysomethings who want to travel the world, taking advice from low thirty-somethings who used to be wide-eyed twentysomethings who achieved their dream. A combination of articles like Twenty Things To Do In Your Twenties, and …

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The £800 mistake

2015/04/30 2017/10/03 2

As I write this today (30 April 2015), it is exactly a year since I ventured out into the world to start my year-long career break and go travelling. As it turns out, my initial hopes and desires weren’t to be fully realised, but it’s certainly not something I regret …

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