We all want to go travelling so that we can discover ourselves. Or at least that’s what the movies teach us. They teach us that the only way to become the real, enlightened version of yourself is by taking a thousand-mile hike across America or by travelling to the other ends of the earth on…
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New Places To Eat In Harrogate That You Have To Try Out
Read moreHarrogate seems to have had an influx of new eateries opening recently. Is it to coincide with the UCI World Championship that is about to inundate our town with thousands of tourists or just plain coincidence? Whatever the reason for this sudden surge of new places to eat in Harrogate, I am not complaining! Here…
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To The Person Struggling To Hold It Together, I See You.
Read moreTo the person holding it together for their family. To the person struggling silently but afraid of burdening other people with their problems. To the person who doesn’t feel they can talk about their problems because ‘somebody else has it worse than me’. I see you. To the person who doesn’t know how to put…
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The Reason Why I’m Going Travelling On My Own
Read moreWhenever I tell people that I’m going travelling on my own, people are equally excited and nervous. The main thing that other girls I tell say is “I wish I could do that but I’m too scared.” Let me tell you a secret… I’m scared too! I have days where I am jumping off the…
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10 Reasons I Am Proud To Be A Yorkshire Girl
Read moreYorkshire folk are notorious for being fiercely proud of our heritage, our home and our traditions. Myself included. I am proud to be a Yorkshire girl! You can go anywhere else in the U.K, but once you’ve lived in Yorkshire, you quickly realise that nowhere else is quite the same. I’ve lived and explored a…
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The Best Dresses To Make An Impact When You’re A Wedding Guest
Read moreAll of my friends are getting engaged and I’m constantly looking forward to the prospect of a day soaking up all the love in the room… and soaking up as much prosecco as humanly possible! Attending weddings used to be pretty much the only time you would see me in a dress. I was a…
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Celebrating ‘One Billion Journeys’ At The National Railway Museum
Read moreAs somebody who can never sit still, I love filling my ‘days off’ with trips out to explore new places. And when they’re free, I’m absolutely there! I recently went to the National Railway Museum to see their new ‘One Billion Journeys‘ exhibition and it was the perfect way to spend a muggy summer’s afternoon.…
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Luxury Gifts From A Gift From The Gods
Read moreIt is one week until I’m speaking at the Harrogate Home and Gift Event 2019 and I am both super excited… and just a tad nervous! Fun fact! 3 years ago, I was working the doors at the Harrogate Home And Gift Event, signing people in and printing off their name badges. Isn’t it crazy…
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How To Change Your Life Without Ruining It First
Read moreI’m sure you’ve heard the phrase ‘you have to reach rock bottom to know that something needs to change’ over and over. And there’s a reason – because it’s true! But also, ‘rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life,’ is the more important side of the quote. Don’t think of…
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OPENING NIGHT REVIEW: My Fair Lady, Harrogate Theatre
Read moreFun fact: My Fair Lady was the first musical theatre production I was ever a part of. At the ripe age of 12-years-old, I tied my apron strings and sang about ‘poor Professor Higgins’ as a couple of sixth formers ran around the stage yelling vowel sounds at each other. If that sentence confuses you,…
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I Don’t Need To Get Married, I Just Need The Pretty Dress
Read moreEver since I was a young girl I have dreamed about what my wedding dress would one day be like. It has gone through phases of representing various Disney Princesses, taking inspiration from celebrity wedding spreads in OK! magazine and collating a Pinterest Wedding Inspiration Board that I could only achieve in my wildest dreams.…
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Need A Day Out? – Here Are The Cheapest Spa Days In North Yorkshire
Read moreA day off should be spent relaxing and recuperating, instead of ticking things off a never-ending to-do list. When my sister and I recently headed out to a gym together on a day pass, I realised just what a good idea this was. It was a cheap way of filling up the majority of the…
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Stop Trying To Be Superwoman And Say ‘No’ More
Read moreNever get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. That is a quote that I have on a cute wooden wall plaque. It is a great message; one that I have always thought to be really inspiring, and yet it is a quote that I have never lived by. We’re…
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Tips For Staying Safe When Travelling With A Peanut Allergy
Read moreThere are so many places that I want to visit in the world. Asia, India, Africa, Australia, Europe, America… basically I want to visit everywhere at some point in my life. The only problem is, is that some of these locations fill me with really bad anxiety at the thought of going there. It’s not…
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How Game Of Thrones Will End And The Fates Of The Characters
Read moreTonight is the night! The first episode of Game of Thrones Season 8 is finally hitting TV screens, and GOT nerds all over the world are losing it! Myself included… If you haven’t started watching Game of Thrones yet, then you are missing out and need to get on it! If you are all caught…
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How To Cut Costs And Save More Money
Read moreNow that I’m temporarily funemployed, it has given me lots of time to think. It has also given me lots of time to SPEND. A month of being funemployed is all well and good because you still have money in the bank, but when you’re coming up to the end of the month and you…
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Will Travelling The World Save Your Soul?
Read moreIt’s the age-old story… Girl loses herself and struggles to find her joy and passion for life. So, she runs away to a foreign country where she eats new food, meets new people, and goes on a journey of self-discovery whilst picking up Buddhism and a tan along the way. Well, at least that’s the…
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The Books That Have Changed My Life
Read moreIn honour of World Book Day, I thought that it would be fitting to write a post featuring some of my top reads of all time. I’m a thriller kind of girl, so I very much like to be kept on the edge of my seat. But sometimes the stories that we remember forever, aren’t…
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READ MY LATEST POSTS
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The Life Lesson I Learnt Whilst Travelling Solo
September 26, 2019
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New Places To Eat In Harrogate That You Have To Try Out
September 15, 2019
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To The Person Struggling To Hold It Together, I See You.
September 4, 2019
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The Reason Why I'm Going Travelling On My Own
August 4, 2019
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10 Reasons I Am Proud To Be A Yorkshire Girl
July 31, 2019