Getting slapped silly at Bukhara’s medieval hammam in Uzbekistan

Hammom Kunjak Hammam, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Note: this blog contains affiliate links. Thank you for the support! Photo credit to @mononthemove – I was not expecting this to be an experience worthy of a blog post I’m not a naked person. I didn’t grow up in a naked house. I don’t get naked when changing in front of friends. Showers, smear […]

Top things to do if you want to fall in love with Cape Town

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Note: this guide to the best things to do in Cape Town contains affiliate links. Thank you for the support! Everyone told me that I would fall in love with Cape Town and boy did I. The sun, the beaches, the wine, the food. It was love at first sight. Cape Town is the perfect […]

A guide to hiking the Mist Trail in Yosemite National Park

Note: this guide to what to Yosemite Mist Trail contains affiliate links. Thank you for the support! Long walks in the forest, hiking up to misty waterfalls, making smores by the campfire… this is Yosemite. I was lucky enough to do all of the above in one of America’s most beautiful national parks. Staying at […]

The best places to visit in the East Sussex countryside

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There’s something special about escaping London for the East Sussex countryside. Just an hour or so by train or car, and suddenly you’re surrounded by rolling hills, coastal cliffs, medieval towns and historic castles. It’s one of those places that feels both wonderfully rural and full of life, making it the perfect destination whether you’re […]

The best ways to see the Grand Canyon

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Note: this guide to seeing the Grand Canyon contains affiliate links. They don’t cost you any money, but help me to run TBTL. Thank you for the support! The Grand Canyon. It doesn’t really need introducing does it? That great big ‘ole gaping hole in Arizona is one of the natural wonders of the world […]

Time out in Tenerife with Jet2holidays at Spring Arona Gran Hotel

Jet 2 Holidays Gran Arona Hotel Review

Disclaimer: I was invited to Tenerife with Jet2holidays as a part of a gifted press trip whereby our flights, transfers, accommodation, food and activities were complimentary. I was not paid for this collaboration and all opinions, photos and comments are my own. HECTIC. That’s exactly how I’d describe 2019 so far. From flat viewings every […]

Tuscan Living at Casale Amati Country House

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Four kilometres up a slim snaking track that leads to the Tuscan mountains, we pull in and crunch to a stop on a patch of gravel. Had it not been for the delicately carved sign that confirms we’ve reached our destination, we’d have assumed that a wrong turn had been taken into a postcard of […]

Here in the countryside

here in the countryside

  How happy we are in the countryside. No rush hours. No option of being late. Just minutes that would feel longer if we weren’t savouring each one so deeply. One car across a gravelled lane for every thousand cries from woolly neighbours. Occasionally we snort at the deepness of their bleet. Our hut is […]

Going Madbury for Cadbury | Invent the Next Cadbury Dairy Milk

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When I was 17, I crashed my first car. Not just crashed. I wrote it off. Smashed it to smithereens. It’s a miracle I walked out unharmed really, with little more than whiplash and a small cut on my hairline. I don’t like to think about it, naturally, let alone talk about it, but one […]