Glencoe and Isle of Skye – Camping

I’ve always loved camping. There is something about sleeping outside under the stars and listening to the sounds of nature around you that is so relaxing. I went camping a lot as a child and loved exploring around the campsites with my two sisters. I hadn’t been camping for a couple of years (unless you …

Infertility Diaries – Part 2

Last time I wrote about my infertility I was waiting for my next appointment after my laparoscopy and dye test which seemed to show up nothing. I was given a follow up appointment for March 2018 which was then then cancelled and changed to June. I phoned the hospital as I was told I would …

Hockey Hearts Beat As One

I’ve had many people ask me over the years what ice hockey means to me. Sounds like an easy question, right? but I find it so hard to answer. Hockey to me has always been there. I simply don’t know what my life would be without it. Firstly, if it wasn’t for hockey I probably …

5 THINGS I WISH I KNEW BEFORE I WAS A NANNY

I spent roughly 2 years as a nanny for a wonderful family. Everyone thinks of a Mary Poppins figure when they think of a nanny and think its all playing games, watching movies and baking cakes but let me tell you it’s far more than that. I started the job with little experience, I knew …

“Travel Plans for 2018

As soon as I arrived home from Florida I was thinking about where I will be off to next. I’m the kind of person that gets down and bored if I don’t have any plans to look forward to. As we were just in Benidorm in October and Orlando was our big holiday for 2018, …

The Sunshine Blogger Award

Just before I went on holiday I was nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award by my little sister Laura. He blog, Flight of Life is all about her life in a long distance relationship with her boyfriend who is in the RAF and she touches on life in and her travels in Scotland. I’ve only …

The Grey City – Berlin

As massive history geeks Berlin was definitely top of our must see list. Dougie booked a weekend away for us for my Birthday and I was so excited. We had both watched lots of documentaries about the WW2 and the Cold War so we had worked out all the places we wanted to see and …

Infertility Diaries – Part One

It's funny how you spend your late teens/early 20s on the pill doing everything you possible can to not get pregnant. That was me, I had always wanted children but was always safe and always on contraception. Without going into TMI. My periods had always been really irregular. I would go months and months with …

The Liebster Awards

Firstly I hope you all had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. One of my goals this year is to work on my blog and I got a lovely surprise on the 1st January when I was nominated for the Liebster Award. I had seen the award but I never …

The Phoenix City – Warsaw

Warsaw was never a place I had on my bucketlist. I thought I  had much more interesting places to go. Amsterdam, Croatia and Switzerland to name a few but as I scrolled through expedia last boxing day I came across a city break for £75 each and a few weeks later we set of to …