Arthur’s Seat: climbing a dormant volcano
Arthur's Seat. It’s a weird name for a hill and no one can really agree on where it came from or what it means but all the same, it’s a hill, I was there and it needed climbing. You know me by now, put a hill or a mountain in my way and I have to go up it. Edinburgh...
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Fishbourne Roman Palace: excavating history.
Lots of years ago (2002 to be precise) I took part in an excavation of part of the Fishbourne Roman Palace in Sussex as part of my studies in Romano British history. I became enthralled with the subject and eventually went on to successfully complete a PhD in Romano...
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Peaking Out: Climbing Scafell Pike
It was on my list and it needed ticking off. What other reason could there possibly have been for me climbing the highest peak in England? It was there, it needed doing and it was the finale to my month of hiking in the UK. The Hadrian’s Wall Walk was done, the...
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A Scottish Retreat
A couple of weeks ago I spent a wonderful weekend in a Victorian hunting lodge in the Scottish countryside, on a weekend wellness retreat, with a lovely group of ladies. Now I must admit this is the first retreat I’ve been on and there was a little uncertainty sitting...
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Travellingbag’s new Newsy Newsletter
Hello there. Wherever you are in the world and whenever you're reading this I hope you've got a brilliant day planned and that you're out to have some fun, because isn't that what life's about really? Speaking of which, in the last 12 months I've made my life what I...
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Hadrian’s Wall – walking through history
I’m sure by now that you’ve all heard me talking about my trip in May when I’m going to be walking along the length of Hadrian’s Wall. You can do it in 5 or 6 days if you like but we're taking 10 days, we want to explore a bit, spend time in the ruined forts along the...
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I Do Believe it’s Time For Another Adventure …
As the walrus is renowned for saying, The Time has Come, however unlike the walrus I've moved on from speaking of many things, I've settled on those that are important and taken some action. What am I rabbiting on about? As I mentioned in a blog post at the beginning...
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A Scottish Sojourn
A question for you. How many times have you visited some great spot on your travels and told yourself that you really have to go back there someday? How many times have you seen photos of that place on T.V/social media/magazines and thought to yourself, 'yes, I really...
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Travel plans: where to, when and how
Well, hello there. Long time, no see. I know, I've been missing off here for a while. Life and all that. No excuse. Sorry. But hey - here I am, back with you full of plans, BIG plans. It's the start of a new year (I know, stating the obvious) and here I am still...
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Top 5 Destinations that I just have to go back to.
Do you think you could narrow down all the places you've travelled to and give me your top 5 all time favourite destinations? A few years ago I was invited to do just that. To write this post on my top 5 destinations, the ones I would love to go back to - and I found...
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