For six weeks in a languid summer four years ago, deep in the south of France, I lived a simple life in a medieval villageContinue Reading
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Thanks for the Facebook memories, not
‘Facebook memories’ let me know that my mother, Joy, died 18 months ago this last week. Thanks Facebook. Now there’s an anniversary I wasn’t planningContinue Reading
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That time I pulled an all nighter at Telluride Blues & Brews Festival
The box canyon of Telluride in Colorado was surely made by unicorns who clicked their golden hooved heels and created a natural amphitheatre straight fromContinue Reading
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I wasn’t expecting to fall in love but it happened
I didn’t expect to fall in love while in Vail, Colorado but I did. My dead mother sent me to Vail and while I nowContinue Reading
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That time I got lost in a boat on a lake in Colorado
Since arriving in Colorado a month ago I have been desperate to hike to a lake, a stunning crystal clear mountain lake. I had picturedContinue Reading
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Finding a new normal when you left the old one behind
It’s been seven days since I embarked upon a momentous life altering experience and in my disneyland thinking I expected everything to go perfectly. ThereContinue Reading
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The panic before the heart of the storm
Sell. Donate. Dump. Three words I have been living by for almost two weeks. I am moving. Scratch that, I am evacuating. Selling everything inContinue Reading
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Beating the Colorado blues, what happens when you get home
A tale of being still and finding joy while travelling round the world. It’s 4.00am and I’m battling the desire to fully awaken. My bodyContinue Reading
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To all the pants I’ve loved too much before
I have 31 days to fit into my ski pants. Not that I am counting. It is a familiar struggle that comes round every year.Continue Reading
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19 seconds in Africa – when silence matters
You can’t always get what you want when you travel. The unpredictable can go either way. The woman arrived on day two, though her genderContinue Reading