I recently returned from walking 1 week of the Via Francigena, an historic pilgrimage route that begins in the medieval city of Canterbury in south-east England, to Rome, the Eternal City. The section I chose to walk, with 10kg on my back, was from the Olympic capital of Lausanne on Lake Geneva in Switzerland, to [...]
Sunday 6th April. 2am, North Haugh, St Andrews. I am herding a cohort of half asleep, half excited 3rd and 5th year students onto a dimly blue-lit coach headed for Edinburgh Airport and a dawn flight bound for Faro, Portugal. Thereafter, an onwards journey into Andalusia, southern Spain, alongside a couple of considerably more seasoned [...]
Following on from Spring in Spain Part 1: Palma de Mallorca, in this post, I'm sharing some of the magic and beauty of Barcelona, and how boarding school friend and colleague Lara and I escaped to the regality of the Catalonian capital for some fun on a small budget over the spring break. From regarding [...]
School holidays, an April escape to Spain with my friend and colleague, Lara. In Part 1, we explore Palma de Mallorca, and I couldn't have asked for a better introduction to this truly beautiful country. From tranquil palm beaches to inspiring art nouveau, Palma is the Iberian Peninsula in miniature, and spring was certainly the [...]
A collection my favourite moments from seven special months in St Andrews & the Scottish Highlands. And, as it turns out, I'll soon be returning there... Summer in Scotland, home in St Andrews, brought so much colour and joy in 2023 - a chance to restore and refresh before embarking on my next adventure (my [...]
The Isle of Barra, a Gaelic rock in the Outer Hebrides and childhood home of my grandmother. If you thought Scotland was wild, Barra is wilder - with stormy seas, chaotic weather conditions and little connection to the outside world. With recent Gaelic ancestry originating from there, I knew this was the year I had [...]
Adventure Becca 