On bank holiday weekend I decided to visit the Dee Estuary for the very first time. I’ve wanted to go for a long while and I was so pleased that I did. Nature is the place to collect your thoughts…
Archives for May 2017
Tour of Dublin’s street art
Dublin is a creative city where writing in all its forms, be it song lyrics, a play or poetry are greatly celebrated. I am going to celebrate street art in gallery, in all its various forms! Spliff-smoking smiley face. The…
The Iceland Phallological Museum in Reykjavik
You may or not know that Iceland has a penis museum. Or the Icelandic Phallological Museum to be exact. The manager, Hjortur Sigurdsson said that it started off as a laugh when his father started collecting penises and then he…
Birding at RSPB’s Ynys Hir Reserve in Wales
This is actually my second visit to Ynys Hir, I also visited in October 2016 but I know more about birds now and I was excited to see it at a different time of year! I visited on the 1st…
Sigulda’s Gauja National Park in Latvia
When I travelled the Baltics I stayed in Latvia’s capital, Riga. From Riga I took a day trip to Sigulda by train and then walked to the national park. I got a bit confused by the ski resort as there…
Birding at RSPB Leighton Moss in Lancashire
I love Leighton Moss! I’ve wanted to go ever since I saw it on Springwatch and on the May Day bank holiday I seized the chance. It is a one and a half hour drive from Manchester and it was…