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    5 Tips For Planning A Successful Road Trip

    Road trips seem to be ingrained in our DNA, a mythical journey on the open road, where time stands still. There is no worrying about being at work, and the stresses of our everyday life are left in the past, where they belong. Instead you feel freedom and unbridled happiness, as you escape the big city of London. Sheer elation courses through your veins, releasing the shackles of your everyday routine. You feel lighter, unburdened and ready to take on a new adventure far from home. Planning a successful road trip would be so much fun, could you pull it off? As the minutes stretched on by, and the hours turned into days, you drafted up the ultimate road trip checklist. You wanted to be ... read more

    Fun Things To Do In Fife Scotland On A Date

    If you blink you might miss it, The Kingdom of Fife, barely fifty miles long at its widest point. But Fife was mighty, the ancestral home of Scottish monarchs, whose ghosts prowled derelict ruins. Dunfermline Abbey and St Andrew's castle, a distant reminder of royalty long gone. For couples Fife was magical, a chance to go back in time, history lovers united in their quest for fun things to do in Fife, Scotland. A was one of those people, brought up on an avid diet of escapism, folklore and historical events. She craved a historical adventure, in her time machine she went. After all, historic travel was in A's blood, a distant reminder of  romantic things to do in Guernsey, fresh on her ... read more

    Romantic Date Ideas In Jersey For Couples 

    It seemed like only yesterday that Ana's Aunty was in Jersey, a Channel Island so small and quaint, that you couldn't help but fall in love with its charm and grace. The Bailiwick of Jersey held a special place in M's heart, reminiscing how she landed in Jersey twenty years ago, when she was just 21. She hopped off a short flight from Madeira that summer, with trediptation and glee. It was her first time away from home, but she needn't have felt scared, big blue coastal eyes that glinted in the piercing summer sun. The golden rays reassured her that everything was going to be OK, her first taste of romance far from home, stumbling across romantic date ideas in Jersey, that would make her ... read more

    Romantic Things To Do In Guernsey For Couples

    Guernsey was a coastal playground, where couples hearts coexisted in seamless harmony. It was an island of forever where engaged couples would come to get married, shakily citing their vows under the gaze of Guernsey's watchful eye. In the land of sun worshippers was an endless calm, couples meeting for the first time at Vazon Bay, golden silken sand enveloping their feet. They walked bare foot across sand dunes, waving at the people canyoning across the jagged rocks. Sharp like danger, romantic things to do in Guernsey weren't without its precautions, adrenaline junkies thrilled by the mermaid-like coves. They took their weekend break in Guernsey one day at a time, weaving history, culture ... read more

    Unique Date Ideas For Couples In Suffolk 

    Lockdown had come and gone, and the promise of a brighter tomorrow could be seen on the horizon. Long distance couples uniting for the first time since restrictions had lifted, embracing each other in tearful hugs. Salty tears rolled down their cheeks, mingled with the hoot of laughter. At last they were free to love again. Never would they take for granted the sweet scent of a lovers kiss imprinted on their lips, dreaming of quirky date ideas for couples in Suffolk that would plant love's ancestral rose. They would stroll down Southwold Pier, hand in hand, as the sea breeze caressed their cheeks. The blue sea glittered with anticipation, waves coaxing the young couple into oblivion. ... read more

    How To Get A Mortgage When You Are Self-Employed 

    Buying your first home is a magical feeling, as you move away from renting in London, and start adulting. Renting small box rooms are a thing of the past, as are chaotic house shares with strangers, and the thought of sharing with nine people in one house again sends shivers down your spine. Instead, you look forward to a brand new tomorrow, in a flat, where it is just you and your partner, moving in together. But getting a mortgage when you are self-employed can be difficult. You struggle to get on the property ladder as a first-time buyer, and worry that your fluctuating income can stop lenders from approving your mortgage. If you are self-employed, it can be more of a challenge ... read more

    5 Colourful Summer Interior Trends For 2021

    Interior design as we know it has changed post-lockdown. With many of us still working from home, there has been a move away from open-plan living, and a growing importance on placing a divider between our 'work' and 'personal lives'. Instead of using our bedrooms to work, play, and relax, we want functional areas that help us stop becoming overwhelmed when we are working from home. We are no longer using our homes to simply 'eat, drink and sleep' but our houses have become professional spaces too, as we double up as party hosts, entrepreneurs and home owners. That is why the interior design industry needs to adapt, and create colourful summer interior trends that support remote ... read more

    7 Easy Ways To Bring Colour Into Your Home 

    As a self-confessed colour lover, there is nothing that I love more than immersing myself in a rainbow of colours, textures and prints. From floral prints, with exaggerated digital blooms to bold pillar box red, I see the world as an infinitely better place, when its navigated through colour. After all, when you bring colour into your Instagrammable home, you are using colour psychology to create an emotionally healthy home. When you use the principles of colour therapy to infuse your home with happy memories, you bring yourself pure, unadulterated joy. Creating happiness at home is vital to our mental and physical wellbeing, and boosts our immune system, productivity and satisfaction in ... read more

    11 Best Caravan Holiday Parks In The UK

    Sun tinged skies shaded with blue, the waves come crashing to teal shores. A young vibrant mum in an Aztec print bikini tenderly cradles her beaming toddler, brown pigtails swaying in the wind. Together they get their first taste of the ocean together, its gravitational pull coaxing them into a content slumber, the winds wrapping them in a blanket of love. She smiles, their first caravan holiday together, in West Wittering. She remembers her foster mum who raised her, who introduced her to caravan holiday parks in the UK. Nunnington Farm was their go-to. All these years later, her foster mum still loved caravanning, preferring beautiful UK staycations, than a trip abroad. While A ... read more

    Online Blogging Courses For Bloggers In The Uk

    As bloggers we take on many disguises. We are content marketers masquerading as photographers, who spend hours editing photos, blog posts and social media. One day we are writers, weaving narratives plucked out of thin air, the next we are entrepreneurs, instilling our identity in a genie bottle of dreams.We are collectors, guardians and curators of stories, who network with creatives to share our vision with the world. We take online blogging courses for bloggers, with the hope of finding legit ways to make money from home, full time. SEO, social media and long-tail keywords, these are the blogging buzzwords that crawl into our minds, as we spend months studying online, in the hopes ... read more