For the last year Ella and I have been travelling the length and breadth of the UK for various university open days. At the end of June we spent three days in York so we could visit the University of York – one of her top choices – and get a feel for the city…
Ella and I are spending the year travelling around the UK attending different university open days as she prepares to make her uni application this coming January. This post is about how we spent 48 hours in Brighton for the University of Brighton open day in June 2024. University Visits (so far…) We’ve already been…
At the end of May half term, Ella and I spent a weekend in Exeter for the University of Exeter open day. Exeter is one of the universities that Ella has been most excited to look around. University Visits The University of Exeter is about 180 miles away from where we live so it made…
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…
Last autumn Ella and I spent three days in Edinburgh for the University of Edinburgh open day – the very first open day we went to. We caught the train up to Scotland, stayed in one of the best airbnbs we’ve ever had the pleasure of staying in (with the loveliest host you could imagine),…
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…
Back in June 2021, after spending the first part of Whitsun half term in Edinburgh, we were invited to spend a few days at Cameron Lodges on the shores of Loch Lomond in western Scotland. We were really impressed with our whole experience there: everything from the 5* luxury accommodation; to the superb resort facilities;…
We usually head south to our happy place in Cornwall for our family holidays. At the start of June we headed north instead, on a week-long mini Scottish road trip of two halves: first to explore the beautiful city of Edinburgh for four days; then on to Loch Lomond for the final three days. It…
I have wanted to visit Scotland for years so I was ridiculously excited when we were lucky enough to be invited to spend three nights at Cameron Lodges on the shores of Loch Lomond at the beginning of June. Our accommodation, activities and an evening meal were all complimentary for the purposes of this review…
We like to escape for the week-long May/June Whitsun half term holiday and after not really being able to get away in 2020 because of Covid-19 we decided to explore somewhere we’ve never been before: Scotland! Scotland is a country of two halves – interesting cities juxtaposed with spectacular countryside and scenery – we wanted…