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Lofoten: A Winter’s Dream

by Runaway Brit 11 Comments on Lofoten: A Winter’s Dream

Waking long before daylight, we found our car concealed beneath the icy shroud of the first winter snowfall. Once outside and puffing impatiently into my hands to enjoy a momentary sensation of warmth, I opened the door shattering the icy …

Memories: Two Years in India (Part 2)

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With my last month in India rapidly drawing its last breath, I realise that I have been rather slow at updating this series. (see Part 1) This is primarily down to what is known as the ‘Vodafone Saga’, which …

Meet Arrowhead: Queen of Ranthambhore National Park

by Runaway Brit 5 Comments on Meet Arrowhead: Queen of Ranthambhore National Park

I have done many amazing things during my time in India but seeing a tiger in the wild is definitely a highlight. Nothing sends shivers down the spine quite like the striking flash of orange emerging from the dense verdant …

Aurora Borealis: 7 Things To Know Before You Go

by Runaway Brit 4 Comments on Aurora Borealis: 7 Things To Know Before You Go

Experiencing the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is on many people’s bucket list and, when seen, they offer a tantalising display of nature at her most beautiful. But, seeking the notoriously elusive aurora can be a frustrating experience, which for many …

Around the World in 26 Letters: My Travel Alphabet

by Runaway Brit 4 Comments on Around the World in 26 Letters: My Travel Alphabet

I’ve been travelling the world, on-and-off, for almost 16 years—ever since an adventurous 4 week train journey took me through Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic into Romania back in the days when they each had separate currencies. …

Goa is Gorgeous in the Rain: Here’s Why You Should Visit in Monsoon Season!

by Runaway Brit 1 Comment on Goa is Gorgeous in the Rain: Here’s Why You Should Visit in Monsoon Season!

Before I left for my recent trip to Goa I envisioned long lazy days of lounging around in the sun, shopping for cute bohemian dresses, eating good food at beach-side shacks, and watching glorious sunsets over the Arabian sea: for …

Finding History and Nature in Gorgeous Gotland

by Runaway Brit 2 Comments on Finding History and Nature in Gorgeous Gotland

In my last post I write about Visby, a perfectly preserved medieval town and UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Swedish island of Gotland; but the colourful labyrinthine alleys of this Baltic-blasted, cobbled town are not the only thing worth …

What to do in Skopje When It Rains

by Runaway Brit 6 Comments on What to do in Skopje When It Rains

You’ve just flown 3 hours south after a long, dark and exceptionally rainy Scandinavian winter, in the hopes of finding some spring sunshine only to step off the plane into colder, greyer, and wetter weather than you left behind.

That’s …

10 Awesome Movie Locations Around The World

by Runaway Brit 10 Comments on 10 Awesome Movie Locations Around The World

When I travel I don’t deliberately seek out places that have been used as film locations, but every now and then I happen to stumble into one. Here is a round-up of the 10 best movie locations that I have …

Why I’m Doing a 365 Day Photograph Project

by Runaway Brit Leave a Comment on Why I’m Doing a 365 Day Photograph Project

[mks_boxquote align=”left” width=”150″ arrow=”0″]“Photographing one thing every day will force me to think about the ‘here’ and ‘now’”[/mks_boxquote]This year I have set myself a target (I am apprehensive to use the word ‘resolution’) to carry out a 365-day …

Gdansk Through The Lens of The iPhone 5

by Runaway Brit 10 Comments on Gdansk Through The Lens of The iPhone 5

If you visit my site regularly, you will most likely know that my Sony Nex C3 has been my constant companion on my travels. I am very proud of my photographs, and am always seeking to improve my photography. However, …

Touring the Scottish Highlands: Driving from Edinburgh to Skye

by Runaway Brit 12 Comments on Touring the Scottish Highlands: Driving from Edinburgh to Skye

Being somewhat of a Romanticist at heart, mountains, lakes and rugged valleys have always seduced me—so, naturally a trip into the Highlands was my top priority for my trip to Scotland. Although there are many organised tours wiling to take …

Perfect Peaks. A #FriFotos Photo Essay

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While looking through my photographs in order to participate in this week’s #FriFotos, which has the theme of ‘Peaks’, I realised something.

I have not spent nearly enough time in the mountains.

I love mountains, but tend to migrate more …

Europe’s Fairy-Tale Castles: Peles, Romania

by Runaway Brit 6 Comments on Europe’s Fairy-Tale Castles: Peles, Romania

When you think about Romania, what do you think of? Ugly communist buildings? Shaven-headed children in run-down orphanages? Oppressed people ruled by a tyrannical megalomaniac?

Or do you think of jagged mountain peaks, lush pine forests, pretty medieval towns, …

Windows Around the World

by Runaway Brit 6 Comments on Windows Around the World

I haven’t posted a #FriFotos post for a while but I simply couldn’t resist this week’s theme of ‘windows. Windows intrigue me. I always wonder who is on the other side looking out, or looking in.  What events have been …

SPACE Star-Gazing Tours in the Atacama Desert

by Runaway Brit 8 Comments on SPACE Star-Gazing Tours in the Atacama Desert

“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars”  J.R.R. Tolkien, ‘The Lord of the Rings’

The Atacama Desert in the north of Chile is the world’s driest desert. Some parts of the desert have never recorded rainfall. It is a …

It’s hard to avoid brands – even when you travel

by Runaway Brit 4 Comments on It’s hard to avoid brands – even when you travel

When this week’s #FriFotos theme of Brands was initially revealed on Tuesday I did not expect to take part, as I don’t consider myself much of a brand follower.

I would not be able to tell the difference between a …

Why You Should Visit Wales

by Runaway Brit 12 Comments on Why You Should Visit Wales

Rather than flowing over the top of the British Isles as usual, the Jet Stream’s current positioning to the South has brought the rainiest summer that the United Kingdom has had in decades (and let’s face it we normally get …

Capture The Colour Photograph Competition

by Runaway Brit 22 Comments on Capture The Colour Photograph Competition

I have recently been invited by the guys over at TravelSupermarket to participate in their ‘Capture the Colour’ photo competition.  The premise of the competition is simple: Enter 5 travel photographs each one depicting a colour – blue, green, yellow, …

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