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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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