Six Hours on Sunny Shetland
Some will suggest you can’t get a real feel for a place unless you have an undisclosed time to explore, engage and immerse. I beg to differ. Of course time permits further travel around your … Read more
Cruising the Viking Isles with the National Trust for Scotland
What immediately springs to mind when you think of a cruise holiday? The truth is, a lot of people associate this popular holiday choice with the older generation of holiday-makers. This is despite the regular launch of … Read more
Taking to the Sky in Turkey
What is it about sitting down, dangling and swinging your legs underneath you, which instantly infuses you with a feeling of carefree, childlike contentment? Perhaps it’s a wee nudge of nostalgia from being pushed on … Read more
In Pictures: The Eastern Caribbean Islands
Sometimes even the most esteemed motor-mouths and wordsmiths must bury the desire to decorate a travel experience with an abundance of words and descriptions, and simply allow the visual captures to speak for themselves. Through … Read more
My First Time Guide to the P&O Ventura
I recently found out with only a week’s notice that I would be escaping Scotland’s refreshing, sub-zero temperatures to embark on a 2 week Eastern Caribbean adventure on-board the P&O Ventura. As a Ventura virgin, … Read more
In Pictures: Rural Bosnia and Herzegovina
Let talks teleportation, Star Trek Style. Destination? Rural Bosnia and Herzegovina. But you don’t know where you are, and looking around you can be forgiven for initially thinking that you’re somewhere else. Switzerland. … Read more
Bosnian War Survivors: The Lost Years
What were you doing in the early 90s? I was a wee girl whose time was spent playing with Barbie and My Little Pony on my living room carpet while my Mum did the ironing. … Read more
In Pictures: The Isle of Arran
Take Doctor Evil and Mini-me from Austin Powers with a wave of Mother Nature’s tartan wand, what do you get? Scotland and the Isle of Arran! I had long been aware of Arran’s reputation as … Read more
Edinburgh’s best budget lunch spots
Are you like me – you’ve not even finished drinking the milk from the bottom of your cereal bowl and you’re already thinking about what’s for lunch? So, I love to eat? It’s only my … Read more
Iceland Blowing Hot & Cold: Blue Lagoon Bathing & Silfra Snorkelling
Snorkelling in Silfra Swimming in water too deep for your feet to touch the bottom, do you experience the fear of not knowing what lurks beneath? I DO! Well, I promise there were no sub … Read more