Travel - Top Safari Holiday Tips Giraffe I have been on a couple of holidays where I have spotted wildlife here are my top tips for going on a safari holiday. Top Safari Holiday Tips Take a good camera.   Photo by sutirta budiman on Unsplash Take a good camera, not just the one on your phone a proper DSRL camera, with a set of lenses (if you can afford them). A telephoto lens is the best one you can use for wildlife photography, as it gives you the best results even closer pictures of the animals, as you will be able to zoom in closer. If you can take two cameras ..read more

Travel - Top 5 Tips for going to gigs and concerts. Photo by Austin Neill on Unsplash Going to a Gig or concert is one experience that I enjoy, seeing a band, artist or can be an experience to treasure for a lifetime, but at the same time it can be stressful, here are my 5 top tips for going to a gig or concert.    Travel - Top 5 Tips for going to gigs and concerts. Photo by Austin Neill on Unsplash  1) Plan your transport to get there and home Planning how you are going to get the concert or gig is important, is it by car , train, or the tube, having the t ..read more

Favourite UK Cities (Guest Post) Tower Bridge in London Hi everyone, hope you are doing well, I have a guest post from the lovely Across the Planes, on there Favourite UK Cities London Tower Bridge in London London is every city hopper’s dream! With a population of nearly nine million and tons of things to do, it’s impossible to be bored there. I’ve visited three times now and still find new things to do!   For the best views of the city, head to The Shard - a 72 story skyscraper towering over the rest of the city - and of course you can’t visit London without ridin ..read more

How to plan your next adventure Photo by Charlotte Noelle on Unsplash Planning your next holiday or day trip can be quite stressful, esp. for me, most of the time I use the following tips. Research  Researching a trip can be exciting, seeing destinations on social media, in a travel brochure or on traditional media like TV, radio or print magazines and newspapers. Great places to research a trip are TripAdvisor, books (eBooks and physical - I love reading a guidebook), blogs (like mine) or their social media page, which links to their web page which includes maps and o ..read more

 5 Places to visit in York A couple of years ago I did a series on things to see in different places, I did not quite finish it, so here is finally the 3rd post in the series of 5 places to visit in certain places in the UK for a staycation, first being Coventry in the West Midlands, the second a guest post by Envirolineblog about   Bournemouth in Dorset, so here is the third post about York I went to York last summer as my parents went to a birthday party for one of my mum's cousins, so I went as well do a city break and to explore the city myself. National Railway Museum Ma ..read more

8 Things I have learnt from blogging Photo by Nick Morrison on Unsplash Blogging can have its challenges, as I found out for the past few years, I was looking back through my Insta archive and realised I had been blogging for 8 years! So I wanted to do a post celebrating my 8 years of this blog and its various names and the lessons I have learnt from it, which I have never done  8 Things I have leanrt from blogging Photo by Nick Morrison on Unsplash 1) Not every post gets comments automatically once you have posted  I found that when I posted a post on the blog I ex ..read more

Destinations Show Show planner  Travelling can be fun, but we all need a little inspiration, so going to a travel show, to get brochures, buy a travel destination book or listen to a speaker giving a talk on a destination can be great, recently I went to the Times Destinations Show in London. For the past few years every February before Covid, I would go to the Destinations Show, which is run by the The Times and Sunday Times newspaper.  This show was held at Earls Court, before moving to Olympia when Earls Court closed.  This year with foreign travel picking u ..read more

 Top 5 Day Trips with Horses Seeing animals on a day trip, can make the difference between a calm day out for most people, esp. people with some health conditions and provide a different experience. These are my top 5 day trips that involve my favourite animals horses.  Top 5 Day Trips with Horses 1) Going for a ride on the beach or a hack in the country side  Photo by Kajetan Sumila on Unsplash Going for a hack in the country side or a ride on a beach on holiday, can be a great way to enjoy a full day or a afternoon, I have been on many hacks on trails in my time from ..read more

Things I have learnt from Travelling Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash  I have travelled across most of the world, I though the things I have learnt over the years Things I have learnt from Travelling Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash 1. It's okay that you have certain expectations  When I'm on a trip I have certain expectations of what to expect, it makes me quite nervous and anxious, once I'm there it seems to go well or better than expected.  2. Being travel sick is okay, if you have the right measures in place  I have suffered from travel sickness on planes and boats si ..read more

Kew Gardens - Orchid Festival Orchids Recently I visited Kew gardens in London to see the Orchids, this year the theme was Cameron, the first time an African nation had been featured Kew Gardens - Orchid Festival Kew Gardens in the last few years have had an orchid festival, celebrating orchids from different countries, this year it featured the Cameron, the first time an African nation had been featured.      The festival is in the Princess of Wales Conservatory which is home to the Cactus and other plants     The Flowers are put in displays with animals and ..read more