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Adventures, Guides & Stories
Real guides from real trips — destination breakdowns, packing lists and honest stories from Barbados to Patagonia.
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barbados
How to Stay Active on Your Barbados Holiday
Barbados has a well-earned reputation for beautiful beaches, good rum and even better sunsets. What it is less known for — and probably should be — is how genuinely easy it is to stay active here. I l
road-trips
Driving to Torres del Paine — Everything You Need to Know
Most people take the bus to Torres del Paine. We drove. And having done it — with a three year old, a grandmother and a boot full of camping gear — I can tell you that the drive itself is part of the
trip-planning
The Complete Patagonia Travel Guide
Patagonia sits at the end of the world and it knows it. This is one of the most remote, most dramatic and most humbling landscapes on earth — a place where the scale of everything makes you feel genui
Patagonia Travel Guide
The Complete Patagonia Travel Guide
Everything you need to know about getting to, around and through Patagonia — written from three weeks on the ground with a toddler.
packing-lists
The Complete Patagonia Packing List — What I Actually Carried with a Toddler
Packing for Patagonia is a particular kind of challenge. The weather changes in minutes, the terrain is demanding, you are carrying everything on your back for sections of the trip and you are doing a
packing-lists
West Highland Way Packing List — What I Actually Carried with a Toddler on My Back
The West Highland Way is 96 miles of Scottish highland trail from Milngavie to Fort William. I walked it with Freddy — carried in a hiking carrier for the harder sections — over multiple days of wild
toddler-travel
Costa Rica with a Toddler — Pura Vida and Cloud Forests
There is a phrase in Costa Rica that you hear everywhere. Pura Vida. Pure life. It is a greeting, a farewell, a philosophy and a state of mind all at once. By the end of ten days in this country I und
toddler-travel
Flying Long Haul with a Toddler — The Honest Guide
There is no magic formula. There is no perfect strategy that guarantees a peaceful flight with a toddler. What there is, is preparation, realistic expectations and the knowledge that whatever happens…'Lato', sans-serif;…
adventures
How to Walk the Full West Highland Way with a Toddler — A Realistic Day by Day Itinerary
The West Highland Way is 154 kilometres from Milngavie to Fort William. The official website suggests completing it in around eight days. That works out to roughly 19 kilometres daily — a solid day's walking for a fit…
trip-planning
The Ultimate Iceland Road Trip Guide — 12 Days Around the Ring Road and Westfjords
Iceland is one of those destinations that people talk about for years before they go and then can't stop talking about after. We spent 12 days driving the full Ring Road including the Westfjords in a
adventures
My Shoulder Season Camping Kit — How It's Evolved Since Having a Toddler
There's a version of me from about four years ago who would have looked at my current kit list and laughed. Back then I was travelling with a 36L Osprey Sirrus, a Thermarest Questar sleeping bag, and absolutely zero…'s a version of me from about four years ago who would have looked at my current kit list and laughed. Back then I was travelling with a 36L Osprey Sirrus, a Thermarest Questar sleeping bag, and…
toddler-travel
Patagonia with a Toddler and a Grandma — Our Three Week Adventure at the End of the World
Three weeks in Patagonia. Three generations — my mum at 67, me, and Freddy who turned three years old on a boat in the Strait of Magellan surrounded by 120,000 penguins. A trip that most people said was too ambitious,…