In September 2023 I went on a solo adventure to Lisbon in Portugal. This (ahem, eighteen months late) blog post is part one of a series of travel diaries documenting what I got up to whilst I was there. Travel Addict I love to travel – in the UK and abroad. I caught the bug…
In September 2024 I was lucky enough to be able to visit Spain to spend a few days solo in beautiful Barcelona. Visiting this fascinatingly unique city has been a long-held dream of mine, so I was thrilled to be able to finally make it happen. I had three full days there to explore (plus…
In September 2024 I was lucky enough to get to visit Spain for a short solo mini-break in Barcelona. Visiting this beautiful city has been a long-held dream of mine, so I was thrilled to be able to finally make it happen. I had three full days there to explore (plus a travel day either…
In September 2024 I was lucky enough to get to go on a solo mini-break to the beautiful city of Barcelona in Spain. Spain has always been close to my heart. I visited a lot as a child & young teen as I had family who lived in Nerja on the Costa del Sol, plus…
Back in March, Ella and I spent a whirlwind 48 hours in Dublin for the Trinity College Dublin open day. 2024 is a year full of university visits for us – I still can’t quite believe we’re at this point and that my eldest girl, the one who made me a mama, will be flying…
In September 2004 my best friend Rachel and I, both 21 years old at the time, spent three days in Paris together. I’d returned to the UK a few months earlier from over a year of travelling in Australia & New Zealand and still had a desperately intense and all-consuming travel itch to scratch. She…
¡Hola! Here is part two of our travel diary from our Spanish summer holiday in August 2022 – a family trip to Nerja on the Costa del Sol. I’ve loved spending time in Spain since I was a little girl as I have family who lived there and I couldn’t wait to show it off…
We have been lucky enough to be able to do a fair bit of travelling this year, both individually and as a family. Neil went to Barbados with a friend to watch cricket for 11 days in March; I went to Chicago for a 3-day photography conference in July; and we spent our annual week…
During the first week of the summer holidays we travelled as a family to Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, using a beautiful villa as a base for our Italian adventure amidst vast lakes, imposing mountains and spectacular views. This post is the third and final part of our travel diary, covering the last few days…
During the first week of the summer holidays we travelled as a family to Lake Maggiore for an Italian adventure amidst vast lakes, imposing mountains and spectacular views. This post is Part Two of our travel diary, covering the middle section of our Italian adventure to this beautiful area of the country that I first…