Best Laid Plans n' All That
Off for a summer of Adventure
Restless Mumma by Anna McNuff
🗺️ What's it like to sell up, skip formal schooling and slow travel the world? That's us. Honest weekly posts on family adventures & daily chaos.
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🐈 Oh Thai Cat, how could you?
Last orders at the bar. Miaow. Now, there always seem to be blind spots when you travel, or maybe that’s just when I travel? A blind spot of mine had been the weather on Koh Lanta at that time of year. I just sort of assumed the weather in Thailand always fell into one of two categories: Nice and Not Cold.
🏖️ A Baywatch-style beach rescue! (This thing weighs a ton)
Sweat beads on my brow and drops from the end of my nose onto my chest. It’s already hot, the temperature pushing 30°C, and my breathing is ragged. The air is heavy, but my mind feels light. Far lighter than when I left the group, forty minutes ago.
👩🏻🎤 Life Lessons From a £7 Haircut
"Ah! My husband, he order that — for snake," she said, taking the package. "We find snake in our garden. He very excited to use it." "Ha," I said. "A boy with a new toy." She laughed so hard she had to translate it for her brother by the till. "Boy wit' toy! Yes — he is like boy with toy!"
💖 The Two Kinds of Friends You Make In Midlife
A redunkulous villa. A pool party. And more goodbyes
🏃🏼♀️🥔 I'll be a salty potato at the end
Finding mini running adventures, on long drives through the British countryside.
🐵 When a Monkey Decides He’s BOSS
Everyone loves a furry friend, and I am no exception. So when we checked into a new two-bedroom apartment we’d booked for the next 3 months, and the receptionist casually mentioned that there was a family of monkeys living ‘next door’ — I was more excited than concerned. Being near the local wildlife was all part of Thai life, after all. You saw snakes when you went for hikes, and you lived next…
🚀 The New Book is Out! 📕
Into the wilds it goes. Fly, my pretty, fly!
🦀 Crab Hotels, Friday Nights and a Pancake Heist
Koh Lanta's worldschooling community and finding friends who feel like home.
🥰 Your Free Copy of Bedtime Adventure Stories 2
And a thank you