Do you collect travel souvenirs? Are there any in particular that you’re attached to? Here are a few ideas you can pinch while embarking on your world travels. Are you the type of traveller who collect souvenirs? I know they’re not for everyone and some people swear off them completely. Each to their own. Personally,…
I think most people who enjoy travel inevitably end up setting some sort of goal. Sometimes multiple. Some people want to travel to every UN recognised country, have a country count which runs into the triple digits. Others might fancy visiting every country in Europe, or setting foot in every American state. I’ve had two…
Before we get started here on this page, I want to clarify something. I am not a nutcase, at least I don’t think I am. Perhaps this is open for debate. Years of self-guided research into environmental issues and a tendency to have an affinity for dystopian future-based novels has naturally led me to mentally…
I turned 29 last month and rather half expected to feel some sort of apprehension about being only 1 year away from 30. Yet, I felt next to nothing. I appreciated the confirmation that 30 is not the big scary age that many see it as and put this down to being supremely satisfied with…
Grief is strange emotion, one that we spend our lives attempting to inevitably avoid. It hits us during the best and the worst of times. Grief doesn’t care if you’re having a good week, or if you’re currently neck deep in what may turn out to be the worst time of your life. It’ll get…
Well, happy birthday Birdgehls. This blog is officially three years old, which makes me feel a range of emotions. The overriding emotion is admittedly confusion. This year has been the most successful one I’ve had whilst blogging by far. This is something I largely owe to this post about finding your niche. In a pissy…
Where would you go if you could travel back in time? Here are some possible places you may not have considered. Let me pose a question to you. If you could hop into your nearest Tardis (Doctor Who nerd alert, right here!) and travel back in time to any place and any point, where would…
This is a post I’ve tried to write so many times before. So it’s typical that even as I type this, I have that little voice in my head saying “Are you really in a position where you’re actually qualified to talk about this subject?” Well, technically no, but seeing as this voice has plagued…