Solo female traveller from Scotland
Most people who know me will know how difficult I am to feed. I was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease at the age of eight; this means I cannot eat gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and (indirectly through cross contamination in mills) oats. When I told people I was moving to China for five …
This time last month was my first day in Sanxaing, I know I keep saying it, but I cannot believe how quickly time is going here. The last month has been an absolute blur of experiences but I am going to try my best to put them into words. Our first week started …
Continue reading "Too Hot (Pot) to Handle: Exploring Sanxaing and Zhongshan"
Teaching English: just when you think you've got it, you lose it and just when you think you've lost it, you crack it again. My first day of teaching I realized I had lost my USB stick somewhere between getting on the plane in London and arriving at my placement school. As a …
Continue reading "Organised Chaos: the First Few Weeks of Teaching"
I have been in China for three weeks, I did mean to start these blog posts earlier but time has been flying by! Now that I have settled into my placement and got my timetable of classes, I finally have the opportunity to sit down and write about it. My journey began with a couple …
Continue reading "Beijing: Rice for Breakfast, Halloumi Chat and the Great Wall of China"
I've not written a blog post in over a year! Well not for this site anyway, but I'm in China and I want to document it. So as of Monday I hope to be posting a weekly blog about my experience. I arrived in China on the 20th of February and it has been a …
Since 2016 was famously the year of realising stuff I decided to write a list of everything I realised last year (feels weird writing last year when it was only two days ago). full video (30 seconds of your life you will never get back) : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWkYXtnAuu7VTLPwUcRSB6A I realised how much I can achieve if I …
2016 has been as unpredictable and chaotic as I could ever have imagined. In the same year I thought my entire life was falling apart around me, thinking I had picked the wrong course and altogether wanting to give up and go live in a cave somewhere; I also conquered Africa's highest mountain, spent a …
Bit of a different blog post today but I am really happy with how these turned out so I thought I'd share. I picked up some eggs from my Uncle's rescued chickens so I decided to make some Banana Muffins. This recipe uses soya milk and gluten free flour but can be adapted to taste. …
Continue reading "Gluten Free, Animal Friendly Banana Muffins."
Yesterday I travelled South, slightly, to visit my Uncle, Aunt and their newest additions to the family; two goats. One of the first things I noticed about these two is how much they depend on and love each other; the pair played happily in their paddock and were never too far away from each other. They …
It's 12am, it's pitch black, all you can hear is the sound of your own heart beat and someone being sick a few steps in front of you. It's cold, it's windy and all you have is a head torch to guide your way. It's summit night on Kilimanjaro and it's about to be the …
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