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Planning a Trip to Scotland: Scottish Highlands Road Trip
Planning a trip to Scotland? We are sharing our Scottish highlands road trip itinerary with you! Scotland was such a mystery to us. When our New Zealand trip fell through we really wanted to go on a road trip. We booked flight up to Inverness and decided to go on a...
Walking the West Highland Way with a Toddler — A Realistic Day by Day Guide
There is a version of the West Highland Way that exists on the official website. It involves covering 154 kilometres in around eight days, averaging close to 20 kilometres daily across some of the most exposed and demanding terrain in Scotland. It is a serious...
20 Things to do in Queenstown New Zealand
New Zealand is an incredible place to visit for reasons that go well beyond its cities. But if you’re able to spend a day in Queenstown, you’ll find that there’s still plenty to do in and around the city without leaving the area. Just like Auckland, this is a city...
Yes, you can still do all of it
Every adventure on this site has been done as a solo mum, most of them with a toddler in tow
Flying Long Haul with a Toddler — The Honest Guide
Let me be upfront about something before we get into this. 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 up there,...
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 understood it completely. Just me and Freddy. He was 20 months old. We...
Patagonia with a Toddler and a Grandma — Our Three Week Adventure at the End of the World
Patagonia with a Toddler and a Grandma — Our Three Week Adventure at the End of the World There are trips you take and trips that change you. This was the second kind. Three weeks in Patagonia. Three generations — my mum at 67, me, and Freddy who turned three years...
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Walking the West Highland Way with a Toddler — A Realistic Day by Day Guide
There is a version of the West Highland Way that exists on the official website. It involves covering 154 kilometres in around eight days, averaging close to 20 kilometres daily across some of the most exposed and demanding terrain in Scotland. It is a serious...
The Best and Most Beautiful Hikes in Iceland
No other country in the world offers such a wide variety of fantastic natural attractions so close together. You can climb volcanoes, explore glaciers, be amazed by geysers, and visit picturesque waterfalls. The best way to experience all of this beautiful scenery is...
20 Things to do in Queenstown New Zealand
New Zealand is an incredible place to visit for reasons that go well beyond its cities. But if you’re able to spend a day in Queenstown, you’ll find that there’s still plenty to do in and around the city without leaving the area. Just like Auckland, this is a city...