HIKING THE COTSWOLDS | FOUR MORE HILLS TO CLIMB NEAR CHELTENHAM
My post a couple of years ago featuring four hills to climb near Cheltenham has been one of my most popular hiking blogs to date, so I figured, why not do another?! We might not be in the heart of … Continued
WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 51 | AN INDOORS AND OUTDOORS NEW YEAR
Morning morning morning and welcome to my first weekly blog of 2021. I actually had most of this written at the weekend but for some reason never managed to finish it and get it on Splodz Blogz, apologies! How has … Continued
ONE HOUR OUTSIDE AND THE NEW NATIONAL LOCK DOWN
England (and the rest of the UK) is back in National lock down. Announced by Boris Johnson at 8pm yesterday and effective immediately, we are now once again under a legal obligation to stay at home. I thought I would … Continued
20 THINGS THAT MADE 2020 MORE BEARABLE | AN END OF YEAR GRATITUDE POST
It’s fair to say that 2020 has been… interesting. None of us could have predicted it. Bloggers the world over are sat looking at blank “2020 in review” drafts wondering what the best thing to do is. Lament over a … Continued
WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 50 | A 2020 CHRISTMAS
Ah, Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year. As promised in last week’s weekly blog (Weekly Blog Episode 49), which was a rather cathartic rant about last minute Government announcements and changed plans (and of course there was yet … Continued
THE (SPLODZ BLOGZ) CHRISTMAS TAG
After getting super serious in my last Weekly Blog before Christmas (read Episode 49 here), I thought I’d lighten the mood a little today by writing a very bloggy blog. Enter the (Splodz Blogz) Christmas Tag… 20 quick questions on … Continued
TWO SHORT HIKES IN THE QUANTOCK HILLS AONB
Back at the very end of October, before we went into our last national lock down, I spent two days based in Bridgewater (I do love a Premier Inn, always reliable) for a very mini solo hiking adventure in the … Continued
WEEKLY BLOG 49 | WHY CANCELLED PLANS HURT
I honestly had no idea when I started this series of weekly blogs that they would become something of a cathartic way for me to share my thoughts and feelings on a global pandemic and our yoyoing in and out … Continued
WEEKLY BLOG 48 | ENCHANTED LIGHTS AND WINDY DAYS
I would say that this last week has felt a little bit closer to normal than recently. It wasn’t normal, life just isn’t, especially in a pandemic. What I mean is that despite the face coverings, social distancing, and incessant … Continued
WEEKLY BLOG 47 | LIFE IN TIER 2
I think it’s going to be a short weekly blog for you this week. It’s just been a bit of a non-week, really, with work and relaxing being at the top of my agenda, nothing particularly blog-worthy I’m afraid. But … Continued