I’ve been blogging on Birdgehls for almost four years now and recently did something I’ve not actually done in all this time – I took a break. Not a complete break – I’ve published one post in the last five weeks. But I’ve barely spent any time on this blog. I haven’t been fretting over…
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…
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…
I went to two blogging conferences last year. One was good, although it could have been better. The other, which was the first one I ever went to, was okay. I was off my face with exhaustion (I even had to go have a little nap halfway through) and did not deliver a good first…