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Travelling to The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort during Covid

Travelling to The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort during Covid

We’ve had this week in December booked off for about 6 months, and whilst I was crossing my fingers that we might be able to go abroad, I wasn’t sure whether the UK would be out of lockdown or if we’d be allowed to travel internationally. I kept an eye on the travel...

How to Run The World Marathon Majors If You’re Not An Elite

How to Run The World Marathon Majors If You’re Not An Elite

Ticking all six marathon majors off my bucket list has been a goal of mine for nearly five years, and not only running them all, but completing them before I'm 30. For those not quite as marathon obsessed as I am, the Big Six are;...

How to Spend A Long Weekend in Stavanger

How to Spend A Long Weekend in Stavanger

When planning our weekend mini break, there were a couple of things we had on our wish list; hiking good food within 2 hours flying time of London on the UK travel corridor list (crucial!) Norway, and Stavanger in particular ticked all of these boxes for us, and was...

Active Adventure: Top 5 UK Hiking Trips

Top 5 UK Hiking Trips My friends and I were chatting yesterday about how one of the things we have found tough was that the inability to plan ANYTHING. No weekend mini breaks, no summer holidays and no international travel. Obviously there's a really good reason for...

US Olympic Marathon Trials Weekend in Atlanta Recap

What’s your idea of an awesome weekend away with friends? If there’s a marathon to spectate, I’m game.  A couple of months ago, Ashley (RunningBun on IG) invited me to go to Atlanta with her, and a group of ladies to watch the US Olympic Marathon Trails. Having...

Brighton Half Marathon 2020 Race Recap

AKA the windiest race I've ever run. 45 mile per hour winds along the coastline is no joke. At one point I looked over to my right just in time to see a couple of runners get pounded by one of the waves breaking over the sea wall! I'd been invited down to Brighton by...

How to Spend A Long Weekend in Stavanger

How to Spend A Long Weekend in Stavanger

When planning our weekend mini break, there were a couple of things we had on our wish list; hiking good food within 2 hours flying time of London on the UK travel corridor list (crucial!) Norway, and Stavanger in particular ticked all of these boxes for us, and was...

How to See Preikestolen Without the Crowds: Sunrise Hike Pulpit Rock

When I first started researching a trip to Stavanger, Norway, Preikestolen (also known as Pulpit Rock) came up in almost every recommendation. It's one of the most well known hikes in the area. Made even more popular after Tom Cruise scaled it during 'Fallen' (there...

Active Adventure: Top 5 UK Hiking Trips

Top 5 UK Hiking Trips My friends and I were chatting yesterday about how one of the things we have found tough was that the inability to plan ANYTHING. No weekend mini breaks, no summer holidays and no international travel. Obviously there's a really good reason for...