MOUNTAINS NOT MOTORWAYS WITH BIKE SHUTTLE
Road tripping in Great Britain is fabulous, but sometimes you just want to go where the sun shines and the roads are empty, which generally means heading off this island of ours and into Europe (or further afield). We recently … Continued
REVIEW | WIFI ON THE MOVE WITH CELLHIRE MIFI
The type of holidays we like to go on are invariably internet heavy. We go online when away on road trips and other holidays for maps and routing, researching and booking accommodation, and finding great places to visit along the … Continued
KNIFE FORGING EXPERIENCE AT OLDFIELD FORGE
I like to live by the premise that experiences are better than things, and birthdays are a great opportunity to put my money where my mouth is and find something fun as a present. With that in mind, this post … Continued
FIVE REASONS I LOVE ROAD TRIPS
A road trip, to me, is an excursion that is primarily about travelling by road to visit lots of places – whether that be one day out visiting three or four spots, or a week travelling along an iconic route … Continued
TIPS FOR PLANNING ROAD TRIPS
I wonder how many of you own a spiral bound road atlas these days – maybe I would be pleasantly surprised. But even if you do own one, how often do you actually flick through the pages working out the … Continued
50 FAVOURITE PLACES IN GREAT BRITAIN
This little collection of countries that we call Great Britain is an incredible place to explore. While it’s quite wonderful to be able to travel abroad, there is actually no need, as right here at home we have our fair … Continued
FIVE TORS IN THREE MILES | HIKING DARTMOOR
One of the things I planned when we headed to Devon and Cornwall in our borrowed campervan for a spot of reminiscing earlier this year, was to go for a walk in Dartmoor National Park to climb a couple of … Continued
BOOK REVIEW | MOUNTAIN MAN, JAMES FORREST
One thing that always gets me excited is when a friend has a book published. As someone who’s not in the published author gang (yet… maybe one day), I genuinely love it when someone I know sees their work in … Continued
CURRENTLY LOVING | JULY 2019
My currently loving feature here on Splodz Blogz is a bit of an excuse to share with you a few of the things I’m particularly enjoying. This might be actual things I have bought or been gifted, it might be … Continued
FOUR HILLS TO CLIMB NEAR CHELTENHAM
Being right on the edge of the Cotswolds, there are a whole host of amazing walks of all kinds of lengths to keep you busy from Cheltenham. Having recently moved to the area from the flatlands of Lincolnshire, I was … Continued