Last weekend, I hopped on a coach down to London for my second Traverse travel blogging conference, in need of some inspiration and keen to make new friends and connections. What is Traverse? Running since 2013, Traverse was set up by Michael Ball and Paul Dow as a way for bloggers to learn new skills, […]
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Work. Mountain.Work.Play.Sleep. The rhythm of life for five months of working in the French Alps. I’ve done four seasons in total for two different companies in Morzine and Val D’Isere – one mid-market family company and one higher end gourmet company but generally, the days were the same. I had slightly more mountain time with […]
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It was a fortnight of change: a new job, a new place to live and to my joy – a whole new part of the country which lay undiscovered to me. Suffolk and Norfolk. On my first days off from work, I decided to take a leap of faith on the front of the first and […]
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Throw away the map and just get lost. One of my great loves of travelling…. This is a little photo journal of my Valentines Day in Vilnius when I was backpacking around Eastern Europe in winter, when the streets were fillled with lovers amongst the cool, frosty streets Old Town Vilinus Reach for the sky […]
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Wide open fields, you and your mates, new bands and a few cheeky beverages – many of us have sweet memories of summer festivals gone by. These days, the reality is a weekend in a muddy field which will set you back over £200+. But there are alternative options. During a backpacking trip back in 2006, […]
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When I woke up I was all alone With a broken heart and a ticket home And I ask you now, tell me what would you do If her hair was black and her eyes were blue I’ve travelled around I’ve been all over this world Boys, I ain’t never seen nothin’ like a Galway […]
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I knew very little about Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands prior to arriving for a month long work exchange at the most northerly hotel in the UK. I had arranged the placement on a total whim – I was tired of my hectic life in London and had quit my job to […]
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In deep mid winter, Nottingham shakes off the dark nights by illuminating the city every February with Light Night. Nottingham Castle Hockley, Nottingham The Lace Market, Nottingham The Old Market Square, Nottingham – Science Experiments A little flavour of Light Night Nottingham Light Night 2016 from Look With New Eyes on Vimeo.
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The story January. The month for big ideas, wild plans, new beginnings. A weekday evening, middle of the month, a group of friends gathered for dinner. Fran, a previous ski season colleague casually mentioned she was probably going to hitchhike to Morocco from London sometime this year and extended an open invitation to the group. The […]
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