other diaries

So I’m in Toruń, Poland for the World Masters Athletics (my parents are badasses and this is how it manifests in my dad). Poland is a popular destination, it’s fair…

So I’ve just returned from a four-day trip to Levi, in Finnish Lapland (not including travel time!) and what an amazing experience it was! Lapland is a must-visit for many…

The Booking.com links in this post are affiliate links. August 2020 In the summer of 2020, in the hazy relief of lifting covid restrictions, I took the opportunity to escape…

It may have been about three months since my last blog post, and at least four months since I was last active on social media, but I’m sure you’ll all…

Ages ago (literally ages) Bill Fonda challenged me to write a blog post about what my first weekend after lockdown would look like. The concept has been passed from blogger…

Because I apparently prefer asking other people questions over writing my own blog posts, and because I can’t offer any decent political, medical, sociological or economic analysis myself, I decided…

I’m writing this at 10pm on a Thursday night having just eaten 3 packets of crisps with a glass of wine. Because time doesn’t exist anymore, and clearly, neither do…

As we were pulling weeds as part of our volunteer work this morning, Abe and I agreed that after only 24 hours on San Cristobal island, we love the place.…

Hi! I’m Fizz, an 18-year-old fresh-out-of-exams aspiring blogger who struggles to describe herself now that the word “student” is no longer entirely accurate. I finished my final A Level exam…