Oslo stole my heart – here’s how I spent a couple of days getting to know Norway’s capital city. After a week in the mountains, skiing across frozen lakes, snowshoeing through deep powder, watching the sky turn green night after … Continued
My Norwegian Christmas Adventure Part 3: a very Norwegian Christmas: dog sledding, saunas, sleigh bells, and the friendships that made it all shine. When I booked this trip to Norway, I knew I needed December to feel different. I needed … Continued
My Norwegian Christmas Adventure Part 2: doing my best to be sporty on snow – cross-country ski touring, snowshoeing, and the absolute magic of the Northern Lights. This post is about what happened once I’d found my place in the … Continued
My Norwegian Christmas Adventure Part 1: arriving in Norway, first impressions of Gutsy Girls and Venabu, and the early steps to learning to cross‑country ski. My Norwegian Christmas Adventure was all about needing Christmas to look and feel different. Not … Continued
Sauna Stories: Experiencing the Oslo Floating Sauna life at Oslo Badstuforening Langkaia. This is the one that made me realise I’m a convert. Sauna Stories continues, and this time, we’re in Oslo, where heat and cold aren’t a novelty or … Continued
Right at the end of December 2025, I headed to Norway for ten days of winter fun – first on a cross‑country skiing trip in Venabu with Gutsy Girls, and then on a solo‑ish city break in Oslo. It was … Continued
A monthly journal episode: December in three movements, from Lake District walks to Norway’s winter landscapes and early‑year reflections. As has become my little tradition over the last year or so, the start of a new month gives me a … Continued
The Splodz Blogz Christmas Message 2025: In Search of a New Core Memory Every December I sit down to write a Christmas message here on my blog. If the King and the Prime Minister can have one, then surely Splodz … Continued
I joined the OnePiece Brigade If you’ve been following me on twitter recently (and if not, why not?! Get yourself following @Splodz right away!), then you will know that I have given into one of today’s trends that absolutely divides … Continued