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Fun in the Forest: A few days in the Wye Valley
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Continue reading →: Fun in the Forest: A few days in the Wye Valley“I just saw a snake!” My friend’s daughter was paddling in the shallow, clear waters of the River Wye, amongst the tiny fish and endless paddle boarders. Within seconds of her sighting, she was scrambling back on the banks, vowing to stay on dry land. We examined the rock where…
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Top Tips for Travelling Solo in Amsterdam
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Continue reading →: Top Tips for Travelling Solo in AmsterdamThe sun streams down on an ever-growing line of hungry brunchers waiting to be seated at a corner café in Amsterdam. After realising that this where my phone map was leading me to, I find a place to lock my bike and join the slowly snaking queue along the cobbled…
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6 reasons why you should visit Istanbul and Cappadocia
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Continue reading →: 6 reasons why you should visit Istanbul and CappadociaBrits like to frequent Turkey for a cheap beach break with guaranteed sun. But lying on a beach for a week and doing nothing else isn’t really me. The land of baklava and bazaars, hammams and Hagia Sophia has so much else to offer besides golden sands that delving deeper…
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Staycation in Cornwall: My Top 5 Moments
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Continue reading →: Staycation in Cornwall: My Top 5 MomentsAs a child, staycations were all I knew. Befriending sheepdogs in Devon, playing in the sand in Scarborough, seeking dinosaur fossils on the Isle of Wight – I had done it all by age ten and was itching to hop on a plane like many of my school mates had…
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Travelling to Greece during COVID-19
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Continue reading →: Travelling to Greece during COVID-19It’s a dark and dull February evening, and life is normal. A friend comes over, we have dinner, and we excitedly book a trip to Santorini and Mykonos for May. Fast forward a few weeks later, and the world has rapidly turned upside down. The speedy spread of COVID-19 throughout…
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50 Countries Before 30 Years
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Continue reading →: 50 Countries Before 30 YearsWhen I was a child, our only family holidays were to places in England such as the Scarborough seaside or the farm in Devon we were regulars at – aside from the odd trip on the ferry to France. I think the fact my dad didn’t like flying and my…
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My Weekend in Bruges
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Continue reading →: My Weekend in BrugesI recently visited Bruges with my family on a long weekend. Now that Eurostar goes to Belgium in under two hours, those not keen on flying can just hop on the train, and so I organised a trip for myself, my mum (who isn’t keen on flying) and my two…
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Top Tips for a Week in Malta
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Continue reading →: Top Tips for a Week in MaltaMalta is a sandy-coloured archipelago in the Mediterranean consisting of three inhabited islands. As one of the world’s smallest countries, it is possible to travel all over the islands in a week, and the extensive bus system makes it simple to do so – if you are okay with the…
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Baden Baden, Strasbourg and Basel – 3 Countries in 3 Days
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Continue reading →: Baden Baden, Strasbourg and Basel – 3 Countries in 3 DaysYears ago I was watching a tacky daytime travel TV show with my mum, and the hosts were moseying around the German spa town of Baden-Baden. I had never heard of it before but thought it looked really pretty with the lush Black Forest Mountain surroundings and opportunities to swim…
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Seoul-Searching in 48 hours
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Continue reading →: Seoul-Searching in 48 hoursI can’t resist a city break, even if said city is on the other side of the world. So when my flights to Vietnam flew via Seoul, I decided to extend my stay there for a couple of extra days to soak up some South Korean culture. Seoul is a vast…
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How to Travel Responsibly in Vietnam
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Continue reading →: How to Travel Responsibly in VietnamI love our Earth, and being able to travel to far-flung places that I only dreamed of seeing as a child is a privilege I cherish. But I aim to travel responsibly as much as I can to minimise the detrimental impact that travel can cause. I am part of…
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Veggie in Vienna
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Continue reading →: Veggie in ViennaLast summer I visited Vienna on a city break to the Austrian capital. At the time, I had been vegetarian for four years (and still am), and I knew that Viennese cuisine relies heavily upon meat, with things like Wiener Schnitzel, Tafelspitz (boiled beef) and Selchfleisch (smoked meat) being staple dishes…
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