• Moving Back to Scotland - feature photo - view from an airplane window, with the wing above a blanket of clouds and sunrise on the horizon
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    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…

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    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…

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    Quarantine Diaries | Part 2 | Feeling Drained

    Hello again. Been a while, hasn’t it? Normally when I take an extended break from blogging, it’s because life has gotten busy. This couldn’t be further from the truth right now. I’m now up to 20 weeks of being furloughed…

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    Quarantine Diaries

    I’ve been meaning to write this post for ages, and I’ve been putting it off the entire time. You might have noticed there’s been an absence of posts since I finished my Mexico & Cuba series. That’s partly because I’ve…

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    Eco Friendly Gift Ideas

         Ripping into your presents on Christmas morning is so much fun, right? Especially as children, eyes gleaming in wonder at what each gift could contain, hands unable to move fast enough as the excited bursts over. It’s a…

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    Room Tour | Hong Kong Studio

         So moving back to Hong Kong of course means I’m living in a different apartment again. Last year I stayed in one provided by the company I worked for, and while I’m still working for the same company,…

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    Room Tour | Korean Apartment

         Yes, the wallpaper is hideous. It’s actually worse in person, because it’s just a little bit sparkly. I have no idea who chose it, but it certainly wasn’t me. Anyway, this is my new apartment, here in Korea,…

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    Christmas Candles

         Oh dear, I’ve got a post with the word “Christmas” in the title and it’s still only November! To be fair, candles are not solely a Christmas thing for me. I was never particularly interested in them for…