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Croc Valley Camp

South Luangwa, Where Elephants Crash Your Pool Party

Don’t run, whatever you do. I’d remembered those words from a book I’d read prior to my first…

May 18, 2014

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📍 Valley of the Rocks in North Devon! I’ve

📍 Valley of the Rocks in North Devon!

I’ve been travelling to this part of the UK my whole life and until last year, I’d never been to the Valley of the Rocks, near Lynton & Lynmouth.

It’s a gorgeous place to visit and you can either go for the day and have a a little wander or it’s also part of the South West Coast Path, which is a fabulous multi-day hike (which I am dying to do).

Usually when I’m in that part of the country, all I do is surf, eat, drink, sleep, repeat! 🏄🏻‍♀️🍦🍷😴 But when we went last year, Covid just made our usual ‘routine’ much more difficult, so we decided to do a bit of exploring!

Covid is crap, but one thing it has done is force me to do things differently, discover new places, new hobbies (wild swimming) and allowed me to reassess a lot of things!

Have you discovered somewhere new? Or discovered a new passion because of Covid? 🤔🤔🤔
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#valleyoftherocks #northdevon #hikinguk #devon #devonlife #devoncoast #devoncliffs #lyntonandlynmouth #girlswhohike #womenwhohike #uk_outdoors #capturingbritain

Instagram vs Reality! 😂 I’m not always this

Instagram vs Reality! 😂

I’m not always this much of a wimp, I promise! 😂

📍 Ingleton Waterfalls Trail

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Put your hands up if you’d like to be drinking c

Put your hands up if you’d like to be drinking cider, in a field, in Somerset, with a few of your besties, listening to your favourite bands!
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#glastonbury #glasto #glastofest #squadgoals #festival #savethebees🐝

Put your hands up if you’d like to be drinking c

Put your hands up if you’d like to be drinking cider, in a field in Somerset, with a few of your besties, listening to your favourite bands!
🙌🏻🥰🎶🦄⛺️🍻🌈🤩✌🏻️🐝🌦🎸
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#glastonbury #glastonburyfestival #glasto #festival #savethebees🐝 #squadgoals

“Happiness is letting go of what you think your

“Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrating it for everything that it is.” @thesinglewoman

You may have noticed that I’ve been doing a lot of hiking and swimming over the last few weeks. The reason? Because... it’s free and it makes me feel better.

This last year or so has been really hard on all of us. But over the last few weeks especially, l’ve been feeling really low.

Running a travel business through a pandemic is stressful. Everything I’ve worked towards over the last few years is kind of... gone. Or at least on hold for now and I feel like I’ve lost a bit of my identity.

I’ve tried to be strong and positive this whole time (and mostly succeeded) but I’ve gotten to the point where I’m just so tired of this constant limbo we (still) seem to be in.

Old me wouldn’t have shared that. But after 41 years, I’m realising it’s ok not to put on a happy front all the time.

It’s ok to feel lost and crappy and not know what you’re doing, especially when you’re stuck in a situation you can’t control.

But what I can control is my response. And my response is to patiently (not one of my strongest qualities) keep waiting for life to return to some kind of normality whilst getting outside and appreciating the world on my doorstep.

If you need me, you know where to find me... 💦🌿🌈🗻

What have you been doing to keep sane through the challenges you’ve been facing?

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#mentalhealthswims #vitaminsea #coldwatertherapy #lakedistrict #lakedistrictnationalpark #getoutside #wildswimminguk #naturalinfinitypool #secretswimspots#lakesistricthikers #your_lakedistrict #onelakedistrict #lakedistrict_wildswimming

On the Way down from Fleetwith Pike, we found a gr

On the Way down from Fleetwith Pike, we found a group of pools that were perfect for cooling off in!

This was one of the coldest wild swims I’ve done yet and by the end I was shivering so much I couldn’t speak properly, but I loved it all the same! 😂⛄️🌈

Not sure I’m quite ready for a full-on @iceman_hof ice bath yet... but I’m working on it! ❄️❄️❄️

Who else has been wild swimming? If not, would you do it?

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