WHAT TO WEAR CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING (for beginners)
If you’ve ever watched cross‑country skiing at the Olympics, you’d be forgiven for thinking the dress code is either the thinnest skin‑tight Lycra or full alpine‑skiing armour. On one end of the spectrum, you’ve got athletes racing in aerodynamic suits … Continued
FELLSIDE SAUNA AT ANOTHER PLACE ULLSWATER | Sauna Stories
Sauna Stories: Fellside Sauna does it again – a meadow, a cold lake, and a moment to breathe on the shores Ullswater. This particular Sauna Stories entry came about as a purposeful act of active recovery. By the time I … Continued
EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE | Episode 187
A monthly journal reflecting on how everything is relative, weaving grief musings with an August recap full of theatre trips and days out. Here goes with another journal episode, where I share musings on grief and recap my life month … Continued
CURRENTLY LOVING | August 2026
There’s joy to be found in noticing the little things that make life better. The small, steady comforts and curiosities that weave themselves into the everyday. The objects that earn their keep, the experiences that leave a little glow, the … Continued
RANNERDALE KNOTTS | Hiking in Cumbria
This journal featuring a short hike over Rannerdale Knotts to enjoy the famous bluebells, features my regular collaboration with adidas. My solo hike up and over Rannerdale Knotts was something of an accidental early morning excursion. Okay, let me rephrase … Continued
ESCAPISM | Episode 186
My monthly journal for July, in which musings on grief and escapism meet a set of mini theatre reviews and a long‑weekend adventure in Stavanger. If I thought the heatwave would break in July, I was wrong. July arrived in … Continued
THE KMF 10K TRAIL RUN | A RAIN-SOAKED, JOY-SOAKED EVENT
What it was like taking part in the Keswick Mountain Festival adidas Terrex 10k Trail Run over Cat Bells and along Derwentwater. There are easier ways to start a Sunday in the Lake District, but few that feel quite as … Continued
ONE YEAR OF LOSS | Episode 185
My monthly journal for June: reflecting on one year of loss, a quirky stay in Norfolk, a brand new musical, and two comforting movies. Because I’m British, it feels inevitable – contractual, even – that this month’s journal (which is … Continued
LOYLY HELSINKI | Sauna Stories
Sauna Stories: A solo yet communal sauna session at Loyly Helsinki – complete with a literal Baltic dip. After a few days of city exploring, forest trails, and three very different sauna experiences in Estonia, I went on the search … Continued
TWO DAYS IN HELSINKI | Three Countries in a Week 3
In the final part of my trip to visit three closely-located European countries in a week, I share how I spent a couple of days in Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki and I have met before, though only briefly. Back in 2011, … Continued