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Norway Travel: Dog-Sledding in Norway

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
Norway Travel: Dog-Sledding in Norway
Fancy dog-sledding in Norway with a team of professional racing husky dogs? This is exactly the experience that is on offer with Varghiet Sleddogs in Roros. Read my good friend Emma's experience two years after we met dog mushing in Tromso together. Read more
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In photos: Snowboarding in the Dolomites

Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
In photos: Snowboarding in the Dolomites
I'm very lucky that not only do I get to go snowboarding at least once a year, but I also get to do this with NewMan. This year was even more special because a group of our friends were there too. We descended upon Colfosco, Alta Badia in the Italian read more
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In photos: Snowboarding in Hafjell, Norway

Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
In photos: Snowboarding in Hafjell, Norway
Just over a year ago we spent a week in Hafjell, Norway. Snowboarding by day, hanging out with a few local friends on and off the snow and keeping cosy and warm by night. I'd forgotten how beautiful that blue sky was (it didn't come out every day), how exhausted read more
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Dog-mushing Tour in Northern Norway - Chapter Three: Outside my comfort zone

Monday, February 17th, 2014
Dog-mushing Tour in Northern Norway - Chapter Three: Outside my comfort zone
The third and final chapter in my adventures in dog-mushing up in northern Norway… In this post I go way out of my comfort zone, and then some. Read more
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Dog-Mushing Tour in Northern Norway - Chapter Two: Our Five Husky Dogs

Monday, January 20th, 2014
Dog-Mushing Tour in Northern Norway - Chapter Two: Our Five Husky Dogs
Want the full husky dog experience? Read Chapter One first!The morning of our first sledding expedition, myself and Emma - another journalist on the trip - were given a piece of paper. On it were five names and a number of other letters and scrawlings that would come to read more
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Dog-Mushing Tour in Northern Norway - Chapter One: What is dog mushing anyway?

Sunday, January 12th, 2014
Dog-Mushing Tour in Northern Norway - Chapter One: What is dog mushing anyway?
I wasn't given much time to think about going to Northern Norway to spend five days as a dog-musher... thank goodness. Because I honestly think if I had been given more time, I probably wouldn't have gone and I wouldn't be sitting here, writing about an experience that changed read more
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In photos: Dog Mushing in Northern Norway

Thursday, December 19th, 2013
In photos: Dog Mushing in Northern Norway
I returned to Amsterdam from northern Norway late last night and to say I'm tired is a small understatement. However, I have lots I need to catch up on and lots to do to prepare myself for Christmas with family back in the UK. I also need to really sit read more
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The Next Adventure: Northern Norway

Saturday, December 14th, 2013
The Next Adventure: Northern Norway
There is something a little poetic and beautiful about my final trip of 2013 being in the same direction of the first I made this year. In January this year I found myself in Finnish Lapland, having all my high expectations exceeded. And right now, as you read this I'm read more
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Iceland Travel: Visiting the Westman Islands

Wednesday, August 28th, 2013
Iceland Travel: Visiting the Westman Islands
A special day spent visiting the Westman Islands in southern Iceland, where you can climb a volcano, and learn about the night it erupted! Read more
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Defying gravity doing the Edgewalk on the CN Tower,Toronto

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
Defying gravity doing the Edgewalk on the CN Tower,Toronto
Once upon a time there was a Bird who couldn't fly. She knew this well but didn't find it stopped her living a wonderful life full of flight. One day this Bird was told that she was going to go up the CN Tower and walk around it freely and read more
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Thailand Travel: Scuba Diving in Koh Lanta

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Thailand Travel: Scuba Diving in Koh Lanta
I learned to scuba dive on the beautiful Thai island of Koh Lanta, and this post summarises what my experience of scuba diving in Koh Lanta is like. Read more
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Darling, it's better down where it's wetter...

Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Darling, it's better down where it's wetter...
I have nearly finished my Open Water Diver course. It has been a roller coaster, or rather a bumpy ship ride, of a course and at one point I didn't think I was going to be able to continue or complete it due to an horrific bout of seasickness on read more
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In photos: Learning to wakeboard

Thursday, October 27th, 2011
In photos: Learning to wakeboard
I have already referred to the fact that NewMan and I have done more exercise in our first week in Malaysia than we did in perhaps the last 6 months in London. But this was always part of our plan. We were very keen to explore a different way of read more
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