Amber Davenport Someone once said that the bicycle was the best ever invention, and they weren’t wrong. It’s one investment (a good bike should cost a few hundred pounds) and then it’s free to use, safe if you avoid bad traffic and get training, only needs a few accessories and good for your health. It’s…
getting around
over the border to nearby friends
Of course, politics dictates whether you think of England as one independent country, or as part of the United Kingdom. But Wales and Scotland are for sure their own countries as is (very much so) the Emerald island of Ireland. So let’s forget politics, and go meet our friends just over the border by land…
what we can learn from southern Europe
DolceLoca Southern Europe is the haven where the sun (mostly) always shines, and you can sip a sangria and lie back and enjoy a slower pace of life. Apparently the first thing Spanish builders do when turning up for a job, is to look for a place to put their hammock for a siesta! And…
what we can learn from Oceania
Amber Davenport Oceania is a vast area that consists of the two main countries of Australia and New Zealand, but also 14 countries in all, including Pacific Islands. Of course the tides are even washing our trash up on their shores. One island has people who literally go to the local beach to pick up…
what we can learn from Asia
DolceLoca Asia is a vast continent, and home to most of the world’s people, and although it has issues both environmentally and politically, there is a lot we can learn from our friends on the other side of the world. Asia is a fascinating melting pot of countries, with lots of differences in how people…