Today I’m feeling blue, Blue like the endless sea And it’s more than just a hue It’s a wave of salty tears Threatening to burst free; It’s the Octopus Who wrapped his tentacles around my heart … and squeezed. It’s the forest of kelp I’m lost within Wrapped tight round my ankles No one to ask for help. Trapped in seaweed manacles, Drowning in blue. I love the ...
Whitehaven Beach – Where Mermaids Dwell on Icing Sugar Shores
Like many other children, growing up I dreamt that I was a magical being living hidden in the human world, and that one day someone would come and reveal my magical side to me. Sometimes I was one of the fae folk, my wings invisible. I longed so ardently to able to fly that at night, ...
Pogradec: Crossing the Border of Albania
While lazing away summer days on the Macedonian side of Lake Ohrid, it's hard not to gaze out across the vast azure waters of the lake and not wonder what lies beyond. So, we decided to combine our day trip to Trpejca and Sveti Naum at the south of the lake with a wander around Pogradec - ...
God’s Own Junkyard: The Place Where Neon Never Dies
Def. Junk: Old or discarded articles that are considered useless or of little value. Def. Junkyard: A place where junk is stored or collected for sale. Only God could have a junkyard so entrancing and mesmerising as this little warehouse in Walthamstow, tucked between the unassuming suburban streets of North London. While God may have discarded these signs and ...
My Favourite Macedonian Dishes
Macedonia is a beautiful and wild sun drenched country, filled with history and rich with culture and all of those elements are expressed in the food - a mix of different influences and a splash of deliciously ripe flavours. I thought I'd show you some of my favourite dishes in Macedonian cuisine, starting with breakfast ...
Sveti Jovan – The Church of St John at Kaneo
If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a big surprise. The ancient trees embraced us, folding us into their wild, enchanted midst. Deep green needles and soft brown bark against a pure blue sky. The air smelled of summer haze and pine trees - one of those whimsical scents that you always ...
Appleby Horse Fair
The sleepy town of Appleby in Cumbria is set in a picturesque vale under an expanse of clean blue sky. Among the green rolling fields of the Yorkshire Dales with naught but a stream and a steam train occasionally chugging through. But once a year, in the first week of June, the heartbeat of this ...
A Taste of the Middle East @ London Riviera
Between the iconic silhouette of Tower Bridge and the skyscrapers of the City of London lies a little pocket of paradise. On a sun soaked bank of the Thames, under the shade of a palm tree you can sip away your cocktail (served by a pink flamingo) and pretend you're somewhere infinitely more exotic. The Ceru Pop-Up ...
Madame Hien – The Perfume of 36 Streets
One of the things I like best about travelling in South East Asia is the abundance of truly tasty street food. I'm much more likely to be found eating 5 Baht mango sticky rice on the side of a road or sitting down to a delicious meal of Nasi Kandar on those tiny plastic chairs ...
Riding to Castello di Donnafugata – The Castle of the Woman who Fled
In the deepest south of a sun-baked island, among rolling hills of the brightest green, lies il Castello di Donnafugata - or the Castle of the Woman who Fled. The 14th Century Castello looks more like a fair maidens palace, with elegant loggias, slender, delicate columns and walls of the palest coral pink. Legend says that ...