life Archives - Runaway Brit

Reinvention, Promotion, and a Whole Load of Summer Travel

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 Featured, Life, Relationships heartbreak, life, travel

If you have read my blog for some time, you may have noticed that I have been absent for a while. On the other hand, maybe, you have not. Either way, it has been five

Heartbreak and Healing in the Holy Land

March 4, 2018March 4, 2018 Featured, Relationships broken heart, heartbreak, life, relationships

"May I have your passport, please?" asked the man at the hotel's dingy reception desk. "Certainly." Smiling brightly, I handed it over. "And the other one?", he asked. "Um, there is no other one. It's just

How A Back Injury Made Me Reassess My Priorities

November 22, 2014November 22, 2014 Advice, Featured, Travelling advice, back problems, diet, do it while you can, fitness, health, life, seize the day, travel

Last Friday evening I collapsed in my bathroom as I was about to take a shower. Just like that: I twisted slightly to one side and fell straight down like one of those controlled demolitions,

Life Advice From ‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’

April 2, 2014April 2, 2014 Advice, Europe, Featured, Travelling advice, greenland, iceland, life, movie, travel, walter mitty

**Warning** This post contains spoilers, so if you haven’t seen The Secret Life of Walter Mitty turn off the computer right now, go and see it, and come back later. From the first moment I

Too Afraid To Seize The Day

January 25, 2014April 13, 2014 Asia, Teaching, Travelling, Working Overseas action, changes, expat, fear, job, life, life overseas, moving, relocating, searching, travel

This is a post that has been languishing in my drafts folder for four months. I have simply been too afraid to post it, because if I post it I have to commit to the