Almost ten months after we started planning our trip, it was coming to an end in New York. This was hands down one of my favourite places that we visited […]
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Traces of History in Boston
Nearing the end of our trip, we visited one of America’s oldest cities: Boston. From Philadelphia, it was about a seven hour bus journey, with a change in New York. […]
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Scotland’s ‘Small Isles’: 3 Days Exploring Rùm National Nature Reserve
Together, Rùm, Eigg, Muck and Canna (plus a few even smaller islands and a handful of skerries) make up Scotland’s ‘Small Isles’, sandwiched between the Isle of Mull and the […]
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Visiting Ulva: A Hidden(ish) Gem off the Isle of Mull
Ulva is a magical place. On paper, it’s tiny: around 7.5 miles long, and just 2.5 miles wide. But what it might lack in land area, it makes up for […]
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Cycling the Highlands and Islands: Fort William to Vatersay
We arrived on the outskirts of Fort William late the previous evening, the last flickers of daylight fading as we pitched the tent by Loch Linnhe. If there’s one thing […]
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Philadelphia: Exploring the Birthplace of Today’s America
Following our three jam-packed days in Washington D.C., we set off to conquer Philadelphia: home of the long-silenced Liberty Bell, full of cheese steak-seeking tourists and the American city with the closest […]
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Tour du Mont Blanc #8: Col de la Forclaz to Argentière
The early bird catches the worm – or, in our case, the lift up the hill to rejoin the route at Col de la Forclaz. We’d had to veer off […]
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A Whistle-Stop Tour of Niagara Falls
After a fleeting visit to Hamilton – spent largely discovering the surrounding nature trails and not the town itself – we moved on to our next stop: Niagara Falls. Niagara […]
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Puffin-Spotting at the Isle of May National Nature Reserve
Puffins are, quite possibly, the most endearing species of bird – and the Isle of May National Nature Reserve is home to thousands of them. 46,000 pairs, in fact, according […]
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Pentland Hills Regional Park: Hare Hill via Loganlea Reservoir and Maiden’s Cleugh
Hare Hill is, for me at least, the jewel in the Pentland Hills Regional Park’s crown. We’ve hiked up it in March, September, February and June (in that order, since […]
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