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How to Spend A Long Weekend in Stavanger

How to Spend A Long Weekend in Stavanger

When planning our weekend mini break, there were a couple of things we had on our wish list; hiking good food within 2 hours flying time of London on the UK travel corridor list (crucial!) Norway, and Stavanger in particular ticked all of these boxes for us, and was...

How to See Preikestolen Without the Crowds: Sunrise Hike Pulpit Rock

When I first started researching a trip to Stavanger, Norway, Preikestolen (also known as Pulpit Rock) came up in almost every recommendation. It's one of the most well known hikes in the area. Made even more popular after Tom Cruise scaled it during 'Fallen' (there...

Support our Sport; Watching IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha

Watching IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha This week I had the incredible opportunity to go to Doha, Qatar with Qatar Airways to watch the IAAF World Athletics Championships (they were the National airline sponsors of the event). Highlights were watching...

The Best Hike in Hawaii… Is it worth hiking the Stairway to Heaven?

Short answer: yes (as long as you're not afraid of heights). Read on for the longer answer. My friend Danielle had been talking about the Stairway to Heaven hike for a while, saying that it was one of her favourite hikes in the world. After looking up photos on...

Active Travel Guide Edmonton: 72 Hours in YEG

Can I start with a confession? When I was invited to Canada by the Explore Edmonton tourist board, I had to look it up to establish where exactly Edmonton was. With cheap direct flights from London to Edmonton on WestJet, it's become much more affordable to visit...

How to Run around the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens

One of the highlights of our trip was running around the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, the first modern Olympic stadium. The marble arena is located on the site of an ancient stadium. It hosted the 1896 Olympics after its excavation in 1869 and more recently was...

Support our Sport; Watching IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha

Watching IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha This week I had the incredible opportunity to go to Doha, Qatar with Qatar Airways to watch the IAAF World Athletics Championships (they were the National airline sponsors of the event). Highlights were watching...

Waikiki Oahu Active Travel Guide

This was my second trip to Hawaii, a place I didn't think I'd come back to so soon after my honeymoon in 2017, but couldn't pass up another opportunity to visit. I was on Oahu with New Balance, shooting their Spring/Summer catalogue - so excited to see it but can't...

The Best Hike in Hawaii… Is it worth hiking the Stairway to Heaven?

Short answer: yes (as long as you're not afraid of heights). Read on for the longer answer. My friend Danielle had been talking about the Stairway to Heaven hike for a while, saying that it was one of her favourite hikes in the world. After looking up photos on...