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06/06/2024

**NEW VLOG** I attended a secret gig in Snowdonia! | VLOG (57)

When music and hiking come together perfectly 🎶 🥾 🏔️This weekend I headed on the most unique hike I’ve ever been a part of. Introducing HikeFest by Columb...

05/06/2024

I don’t feel like I’ve ever felt at ‘home’. There I said it.

I don’t know if it’s because we’ve been in the same house now for nearly four years, and the same city for seven years now. And tbf I’ve never really felt like a house is a home.

I find ‘home’ in Theo, but we’ve both been feeling unsettled for a while now and we think it’s time for a change. We don’t know what that looks like, but we know it means moving from where we currently are. Maybe to a brand new place, maybe overseas, we aren’t too sure.

But one thing we have learnt is that life is one crazy unpredictable ride and we are learning to adapt to the change and go with our gut. Who knows where this might take us…

If you live somewhere really cool and think we should try it out, tell me below. Do you feel the same? Tell me below ⬇️

I feel so conflicted in what’s next for us in life and there must be loads of you out there feeling the same. Let’s be unpredictable together 💫🥾🍄

31/05/2024

Turning 32 is clearly an opportunity to take up a new hobby ⛳️

📍 Quinta Do Lagos

27/05/2024

SUP season is here! 🌞

21/05/2024

Two years married, 11 years together, a lifetime to come ❤️ I’m so grateful I get to do life with you 🫶🏼

20/05/2024

POV: you are living everyday the best you can with ADHD 👌🏼I’d love to hear from women with ADHD and the hacks and tips you’ve got for managing a better work life balance and staying healthy

13/05/2024

Living the Pastel de Nata life in Portugal 🥧☕

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22/04/2024

I’ve spent a lot of this weekend feeling incredible amounts of gratitude for the life I am living. At one point, I couldn’t even see a future any more than a few days ahead.

This month is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and it’s reminded me of how important support is following SA and how without it (even years later) I would never be where I am today.

I still find it hard to imagine sometimes how much life has changed in the past five years, from not wanting to leave the house paralysed by panic disorder, finding it hard to trust anyone, struggling with social anxiety and triggered by my PTSD at every moment.

This year’s theme is Journey to Healing – Shattering the Stigma. And without us breaking down this barriers, we do not give survivors a chance to get the support they need.

It’s taken a lot of intense internal work to get to where I am today and don’t let my IG fool you, it’s been s**t sometimes. Surviving trauma is not linear it’s going in circles, sometimes back to where you began. I’ve sometimes taken one step forward and two steps back, but I know that by working on myself it led to me leading a happier life. I also help the small work I’ve done with has also encouraged others to come forward.

And I’ve connected with Theo, my family and my friends on such a deeper level in the past few years, understanding more that no woman is an island.

I’ve also been lucky to have such an amazing group of women around me through and I’m so grateful for how the community has even helped me. I realise I’m biased but we are the best community I’ve ever known and I hope we can be for so many other women too ❤️

17/04/2024

Weekends out in nature, where I belong 🌲

Where are your favourite wild swim spot locations? ⬇️

📍 Peak District

15/04/2024

I am back from the most magical long weekend in the Austrian Alps with the hubby 🇦🇹 ⛷️

We based ourselves in .official exploring everything this area has to offer including snow-shoeing at 3,000m+, skiing some of the worlds best slopes, a fondue evening at .alm, and even ending our trip with the most relaxing day at .therme.spa 💦 🎿

I can’t wait to share even more with you very soon 🇦🇹

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06/04/2024

What’s the country that surprised you the most? 💡

For me it was Tenerife. An island I had NEVER thought of visiting but we decided to visit for Theo’s 30th anniversary few years back and I was in awe of this islands beauty.

Tell me below ⬇️

04/03/2024

Dreaming of Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

12/02/2024

Postcards from Sharjah 🫶🏼

THINGS TO DO ⬇️ [Save for later]
💡 Sharjah Light Festival
❤️ Heart of Sharjah: Heritage Museum
☕️ Arabian Teahouse
🖼️ Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
🌲 Al Noor Island
🌧️ Rain Room
📚 House of Wisdom
🦒 Sharjah Safari
🐪 Mleiha BBQ Dinner in the desert
🐢 Khor Kalba Conservation Reserve

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01/01/2024

Another year of healing, growing, learning ❤️ 2024 I’m ready for you. Bring it on!! 💫

11/12/2023

ad 🇵🇹 Photo dump from five amazing days in Madeira. I’ve fallen totally in love with this incredibly unique island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. From its misty forests to the stunning coastline, and from the incredible hiking, to the Madeira cuisine, Madeira is one to add to your bucket list. We uncovered the traditional side to the island with on their self-guided Western Madeira trip. I loved having all the hard work prepared for us, including the planning of the hikes, to the best spots to have dinner. My favourite hikes during our trip had to be the Cabo Girao, Levada Alecrim, Risco Waterfall and Fanal Forest circuit. Stay tuned for more coming in the next few days as I uncover everything there is to know about this magical island 💫

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02/12/2023

Feelin’ festive 🎄🎅🏼💫

📍 Covent Garden, London 🇬🇧

19/11/2023

When in Rome… 🇮🇹🌺🏛️🍕

TOP THINGS TO DO IN ROME ⬇️
1. The Colosseum
2. Inside The Vatican
3. Views for days
4. Wandering St Peter’s Square
5. Beers at street side bars
6. 60 seconds at the Trevi Fountain
7. Ticking off The Pantheon
8. Within the Colosseum walls
9. Sunday morning brunch
10. Admiring Flower Markets

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14/11/2023

Winter is coming ❄️ And I can’t wait!!

Are you a summer or a winter traveller? Let me know below your favourite winter destination!

📍Montreal in Quebec (2022) with ❤️

23/10/2023

Autumn has arrived 🍂

19/10/2023

I am reminiscing about the adventures in New Zealand from earlier this year 🇳🇿 We had a magical four weeks exploring every corner of this country and we still felt we had more to uncover. I’ve listed my six favourite spots on both islands ⬇️

1. Hobbiton
2. Mount Tarawara
3. Lake Rotorua
4. Marlborough Sounds
5. Fox Glacier
6. Milford Sound

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13/10/2023

I’ve landed back in the land of ice 🇮🇸 ❄️

📍 Iceland

I’m so excited for glacier hiking, boat trips, Blue Lagoon, waterfalls, beaches and so much more. Stay tuned over on for all the behind the scenes snaps!

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21/09/2023

There’s so much that happens behind the scenes when you launch a new business; long nights, investing everything you’ve got, back to back events, lots of tears, being separated from those you love a lot, and so much more. So I am excited to announce I’ve been shortlisted for Business Creator of the Year category at the Creator Awards 2023 for my online community and now growing business ! 🎒🥾 From a local walking group in Milton Keynes, to going viral on TikTok, to hosting our first ever weekend trip, to going global with trips to Bali, France, Iceland and Morocco, and even appearing on . It’s been one hell of a ride. I can’t wait to meet all the other shortlisted nominees in November. Thank you for recognising this with the judges. It means the world 🌎 And big things coming for 2024, so stay tuned 💭

10/09/2023

Get me back to the ocean 🌊

I’m heading down to Cornwall this weekend with 30 amazing women for another surfing retreat with . It’s one of my favourite weekends and I am so excited to be back in the water 🏄🏼‍♀️

Cornwall I’m coming for you…

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31/08/2023

Weekends out in nature, where I belong 🌲

Wild swim spot location ⬇️

📍 Three Shire Head, Peak District

25/08/2023

Get me back to the jungle 🙊🌴🌊☀️

📍 Costa Rica 🇨🇷

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07/08/2023

10 years of us, forever to go ❤️