Moving Back to Scotland | 2025 Recap
In October 2022, I moved to Canada for a working holiday visa. Then, in February 2024, I moved to New Zealand. And then, two and a half years after first setting off, in February 2025, I was finally moving back…
Highlights of Dunedin | New Zealand
Did you think I was going to travel all the way to New Zealand and not visit their version of Edinburgh? The Gaelic name for Edinburgh is Dùn Èideann, deriving from the earlier Din Eidyn. And every time I mentioned…
A Week in Queenstown | New Zealand
Adventure capital of the world, Queenstown is probably the top location for most tourists visiting New Zealand. I’m not really an adrenaline junkie and I’m terrified of heights, so that ruled out a lot of activities as far as I…
A Week in Wānaka | New Zealand
The Southern Lakes region of New Zealand is one of the most beautiful and most popular areas of the country. And a big highlight of my summer trip around the South Island that I was really looking forward to. I…
Capilano River Park Hike | Vancouver
Winter in Vancouver is very rainy and grey, a fact I’ve come to accept. So when the sun came out on weekday off work, it was time to make the most of it. A lot of the higher altitude hikes…
Working Holiday in Canada | 3 Month Update
It’s been a little over three months since I started my working holiday in Canada back in October. After a hectic couple of weeks at the start trying to sort out my life here, I’m a bit more settled now.…
Weekend Trip to Toronto | Canada
I was very lucky to get a job pretty quickly when I landed in Canada back in October. Luckier still that as soon as I got the job, I was offered the chance of a weekend trip to Toronto over…
Vancouver’s Parks in Autumn
Vancouver is known for its rain, especially in autumn and winter. Fortunately, I was very lucky when I arrived here and the city greeted me with a week of glorious sunshine and crisp autumn weather. Combined with the trees decked…
Quarantine Diaries | Part 3 | Hello 2021
Happy New Year gang! Yeah I know, it’s February already. And this isn’t my first post of 2021, but seeing as the last one was a long-overdue post about something I did last year, I don’t fully count it. This…
What I’ve Read During Lockdown
What haven’t I read really? Ok, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. But with all this free time stuck at home, I’ve read far more this year than I have for a long time. I used to read non-stop as…
