If there’s one thing I really can’t stress enough about this weekend in the Highlands and Islands (like I didn’t mention it enough in my last post…), it was the ridiculously good weather we were having. It was October and while I had come prepared for rain and bitterly cold winds, we had beautiful blue […]
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Arthur’s Seat
I love Edinburgh. Maybe an unreasonable amount. I’ve never been in a city I could truthfully say I loved unequivocally before. It’s nicely compact due to its geography, has beautiful, ancient buildings, incredible culture (the anticipation for August when the festival season starts in palpable), has easy access to the beach (still on my to-do […]
Balquhidder and Loch Voil
Have I mentioned how much I love the Trossachs National Park before? What gave it away? Was it the many posts I’ve written about my love for Loch Katrine? And Loch Lomond too? Instead of stuffing my face with Easter eggs this weekend (that was definitely plan B), I was visited by two of my […]
‘Adventure’
Travel adventures are the only kind of surprises I like. When I have a day off, there’s nothing I like to hear more than a friend coming up to me and having this conversation: “Emma, how would you like to go on an adventure?!”“I’d love to! Where are we going?”“It’s a surprise!” Which is exactly […]
Avebury and Henley-on-Thames
After a lovely weekend in Bath, we unfortunately had to return to London but that didn’t mean we couldn’t enjoy ourselves along the way home! Or at least try to attempt to enjoy ourselves… Our original plan was to visit Avebury and its stone circle, as the village isn’t too far from Bath. I started […]
Bath
Birthday getaways are my mum’s speciality. There I was, returned from the adventure of a lifetime in Africa thinking this summer’s travels would be over until I left to study abroad, but surprise! Weekend trip to Bath for her birthday! I have been to Bath once before but it was to visit the university’s open […]