I've been a little quieter than usual lately, at first for slightly unfortunate reasons - I went down with an unpleasant stomach bug - and then for very good ones; I've been having adventures in Iceland with my dad! My mum found Iceland an unappealing prospect, so Dad asked if I wanted to go with him instead ( Read more... )

Beneath the cut: ten photographs of the landscape around the place we were staying in Italy!

( Photographs from Italy. )

I'm back in the UK ( Read more... )

More adventures in Italy! Once again, I completely fail to talk about anything cultural and just get excited about wildlife ( Read more... )

I'm on holiday in Italy! Felt a bit perverse to be writing Lost fanfiction on the plane, if I'm honest ( Read more... )

'There's another loo past baggage reclaim,' my mum points out ( Read more... )

Someone on Tumblr asked me to comment on the accuracy of an article called 'Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village', and my answer included a story I don't think I've told here before, so I thought I'd reproduce it ( Read more... )

I saw in the new year in Devon, with friends, which was a lot of fun! We walked through mud and admired sheep and played games. At one point we met some perfect little goats. One of them tried to eat my sleeve and it was a privilege.

Just after arriving at the place we were staying, we checked the guestbook. The most recent page said, The ambience ( Read more... )

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