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New Hair, Who Dis?

I’ve been on quite the hairstyle journey over the years.

I remember back when I was 5 years old having really long hair, and then going to primary school with a tiny little bob because my mum didn’t want to deal with the upkeep of a little kid at school with long hair. That’s probably not what happened. I was 5, my memory is super biased. But that’s always how I remembered it. And from then on, I…

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#hair #hair growth #hairstyle #Personal Growth #pixie cut #progress

Element 4: Social Media Guru

The one part of my Queens Guide I was really struggling with was Element 4. It involves doing something at regional or country level and opportunities are scarce. For 2 years I searched and searched and found nothing, and then, getting desperate, tweeted at Girlguiding Scotland and the perfect thing just kinda fell into my lap!

Originally a weekend away, then turned into a Watersports day, I was…

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Off to the Capital

Way way way back in February, I was meant to be going on a fun day trip to Edinburgh to celebrate my 21st birthday. But of course, in true Scottish fashion, the day after my birthday it snowed, and snowed, and snowed to the point that it was barely possible to leave the house nevermind get a train.

Just getting in the front door was a challenge.

In the end, at the end of March, Alistair planned…

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An Adventure of a Lifetime

~An adventure of a lifetime~

This was the tagline used to advertise Poacher Jamboree back in 2017. I’d always wanted to take part in a Jamboree but they were all so far away and my Guide units just didn’t do them. That was how I found myself staring at the sign up page for volunteers, wondering whether I could actually do this all by myself. I signed up almost on a whim, entering in my meal…

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Britain’s 51 Gem Towns Beautiful towns absolutely delight me and they always have. After driving around the Lake District and visiting the towns nearby, I stumbled on a list of towns designated as Gem Towns.

#adventure #Adventuring #britain #countryside #environment #exploring #Gem Towns #historical #history #quaint #towns #travelling #uk #united kingdom #villages

Eating Alone

This is a weird one because at the time I’m writing this, eating alone has become a common thing. Yet, when I first made my bucketlist, I absolutely could not do it. At all.

By myself at home? Fine. Literally anywhere else? Suddenly not fine.

I’ve had issues with food for a really, really long time. When I was 14, I dated a guy who it turned out was abusive. He didn’t mean to be, he wasn’t…

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#bucketlist #eating #eating disorder #ed #food #personal #Personal Growth

Visiting Glasgow

I’ve always lived near Glasgow. Growing up I was always 20 minutes away in the car. And now I’m at uni and I’m living almost in the city centre. But despite living here, have I ever actually visited Glasgow? You know, walking around looking at all the cool things, exploring museums, walking down side streets just to see what’s there. Everything you would do on holiday, but for some reason you…

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#adventure #Adventuring #bucketlist #cat cafe #glasgow #glasgow city #goma #tourism #tourist #travel #trongate

Climbing a Rock Wall (or rather, a tree wall)

I’m not sure why I wanted to do this, I just know there was a part of me that wanted to prove that I could. I’m super unfit, and asthmatic, and I have teeny tiny arms that can’t always even open bottles. So climbing my way up a big wall using only my own body strength? It didn’t even seem possible.

I kept thinking I’d have to pay loads of money to give it a go at some indoor climbing wall place…

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#bucketlist #challenge #challenge yourself #exercise #personal #Personal Growth #teambuilding

Solo Cinema Trips

Back in the day I would miss out on movies because I didn’t have anyone to go with. It was great in high school because we’d go see all the new big movies as a massive group and it would be incredible. But then we grew up, we split off, and we all made new friends. Now, the people I used to see movies with went in smaller groups, or with their new friends, or increasingly, with their boyfriends.…

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#anxiety #cinema #cineworld #glasgow #growth #mental health #personal #Personal Growth

Historic Scotland

So for my birthday my boyfriend bought us both Historic Scotland memberships! We’re trying to visit as many different places as possible and it’s been a completely amazing experience!

Central and West (4/49)

Antonine Wall: Castlecary

Antonine Wall: Rough Castle

Antonine Wall: Seabegs Wood

Antonine Wall: Watling Lodge East and West

Ardchattan Priory

Argylls Lodging

Black Hill Roman Camps

Bonawe…

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Bucketlist

I’m a super adventurous person who wants to do and try everything so bucketlists were never useful in the past as I’d just add everything to the list and never do anything. This time round I want to focus more on the things I really want to do – like, obviously I love travelling so there’s no point in putting “visit x country” on the list a billion times since it’s presumably going to happen…

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#adventure #Adventuring #bucketlist #career #fashion #goals #growth #personal

Exploring the Coast!

Back in July, I finally did my exploration for Queens Guide. I decided to look into the development of coastal towns near the lake district: what they used to be like, how things had changed, and what they’re like now. We looked at Silloth, Maryport, Allonby and Workington, and it was just an incredible experience. Investigating Maryport lighthouse #notamodel I got to learn all about the…

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Queens Guide

Wow, it’s been a long time. I’ve always loved writing but I’m so busy with uni and guiding commitments and volunteering and adventuring that sometimes it all just gets pushed to one side in favour of all the other things going on! But I want a record of what I’ve been doing. I want to remember what I’ve done and how it felt and most of all I want to encourage others to get out there and have some…

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