Algarve, Portugal: A Photo Diary

Back in 2012 I visited the Algarve region in Portugal. We stayed in a lovely apartment right next to the beach and just a few minutes outside of the beautiful little town of Lagos. It was such a peaceful, gorgeous and relaxing place to visit, with little beach bars to sit and watch the boats sail past on the ocean. I'm dying to go back one day soon, so I thought I'd share with you a few of my favourite pictures from the holiday.

One Week in Exmoor National Park

Last week I headed off on holiday with my parents and our gorgeous border collie, Cassie. It was our first family holiday in years so I was really looking forward to it. We'd decided to go to an area of the UK we'd never visited before, Exmoor National Park!

For anyone who doesn't know Exmoor is a stunning area of moorland, woodland and coastline which is located in South West England. The National Park spans across areas of both Somerset and Devon and is well known for its breathtaking and dramatic views. It is also famous for its amazing wildlife including deer and wild Exmoor ponies (I will be doing a whole post about the ponies shortly!)

4 Fun Days Out in Tenerife

Tenerife is the perfect location for fun holiday jammed packed with activities without the stress of planning or organising anything yourself! One of my favourite things about our stay here was the ease of booking so many amazing trips and tours. Don't get me wrong, I love planning out some adventures and exploring places off the beaten track, but I also love having a relaxing holiday with any activity you want to do right at your fingertips. You can book trips and buy tickets to the main attractions from hotels and from booking agent shops that are everywhere on the sea front. All the tours will usually pick you up from your hotel and there are free buses running to the major attractions so it's just so easy to do whatever you fancy doing! You can go jet skiing, surfing, paragliding, scuba diving, dolphin watching, on boat rides, jeep safaris, horse safaris, to water parks and day trips to see a volcano or the beautiful coastline. Fancy seeing some animals? Tenerife has the Jungle Park, Loro Park, Monkey Park and a Camel Park! There centainly is plenty of choice and something to suit everyone.

So without further ado, here are my four favourite days out I had when I was in Tenerife!

Feeling Lucky

This is the time of year when I start to get a huge sense of wanderlust. The festive period is over, the new year has begun and novelty of frost and snow is wearing off. I'm now well and truly ready for long lazy summer days, sunshine and some travelling adventures!

So this is always the time of year when I start planning holidays and trips and looking into all the places I want to visit in the future. I also always end up procrastinating by looking through all my old pictures from holidays and travels and reminiscing the good times! As I've been browsing through snaps of all my amazing adventures I've realised how truly lucky I am. I've visited some beautiful places, had amazing experiences and made lasting memories with friends and family.

While I was feeling all grateful and reminiscent I thought I'd share some of my favourite photos from my trips and holidays over the years.

Jet-Skiing around the caves and cliffs in Los Gigantes, Tenerife.We were also lucky enough to have some dolphins come right up to us and when we cut our engine they started diving and swimming underneath us, amazing! (2014)

Sky Diving from 14,000ft onto a beach near Cairns in Australia. (2013)