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The little adventurer's love of nature

A pregnancy in lockdown

June 22, 2020
emilyann.elliott
baby, Life at home, pregnancy, Reading, UK

Being pregnant during lockdown has been a strange experience. Like many people trying to go about their daily lives in these uncertain times, there have…

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sunset over a beach

The Salt Path review by #travelbookclub

June 14, 2020
emilyann.elliott
#travelbookclub, books

Every once in a while you read a travel book that sweeps you away into another world. One that not only makes you wish you…

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Sightseeing in Sofia on maternity leave

Six things you never thought you’d miss about travel

June 7, 2020
emilyann.elliott
grownupgapyear, travel community, Travel musings

I’ve been thinking a lot about how much we used to take for granted while travelling. How the smallest inconvenience would become such an annoyance. I…

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Cover of Around the World in 80 Days

Six travel books to read during lockdown

June 3, 2020
emilyann.elliott
#travelbookclub, books, travel community

I’m sure I speak for a lot of people when I say that now more than ever I’m finding myself wanting to escape from the…

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The Only Gaijin in the Village

The Only Gaijin in the Village review by #travelbookclub

May 11, 2020
emilyann.elliott
#travelbookclub, Japan, travel community

The Only Gaijin in the Village by Iain Maloney provides a totally different view of Japan to the usual fast-paced, high-tech, wild and wacky descriptions…

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Pregnancy announcement

Exciting news: The Grown Up Gap Year is growing!

May 3, 2020
emilyann.elliott
Baby travel, blogging, family travel, grownupgapyear

It feels very strange to be making a pregnancy announcement in the middle of a global pandemic. But times are strange right now, so we…

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Wisteria display

How will travel change after Coronavirus?

April 26, 2020
emilyann.elliott
England, microadventure, travel community

The question of “how will travel change after Coronavirus?” is something I’ve been thinking about since lockdown began. For those of us for whom travel plays…

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Cover of Around the World in 80 Days

Travel book club in a time of Coronavirus

April 19, 2020
emilyann.elliott
#travelbookclub, books

Hey there! How are you doing? It feels like such a weird time to be living through right now doesn’t it? As the Coronavirus lockdown…

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Five reasons why a holiday in Albania should be on your travel list in 2020

Five reasons why a holiday in Albania should be on your travel list in 2020

March 8, 2020
emilyann.elliott
family travel, Toddler travel

After much umming and ahhing we have finally decided on a destination for our next European holiday and it may not be the one that…

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Skipping Day in Scarborough

Skipping Day in Scarborough 2023

February 16, 2020
emilyann.elliott
England, Europe, Life at home, UK

Updated 10/01/23 Skipping Day in Scarborough 2023 takes place on Shrove Tuesday, February 21. The annual tradition has been going for more than 100 years….

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