Scorpion Queen’s Gear Survival Guide Part 1: The Big 3

Hi! I’m Scorpion Queen! PCT class of 2022 Thru Hiker. Here, in a multi part series, I review the gear…

10 things I wish I’d known before my first thru hike

On 18th October 2022, I reached the Northern Terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail, a life long dream and successfully…

When I lived in London, I dressed only in black. I owned pretty much only black clothing. I never understood…

After the trauma of everything that happened in Nicaragua, I have been taking refuge in Antigua, Guatemala for the last…

I really fucked up coming here. I have written that line in messages to my friends countless times in the…

Picture this. I’m in Leon, Nicaragua. A country on the brink of a civil war. I’m obsessing miserably over a…

Oh god, the people you meet and fall in love with whilst travelling. A platonic love. But still in…

I’ve been an adult for what feels like the longest time. I still don’t feel very good at it, or…

In a few days I’m leaving a town in which I have been truly happy. I have a beautiful life…

At the time of writing I am 39000 feet high in the air, on my way direct to my last…

I never set out to become a traveller. If you asked me when I was 17, what I wanted to…

For years, I was running. It started off as running from my family and my high school years of doom…

In other words, the story of how I gained 10lb in Central America and Mexico. I write this,…

It seems that on paper, on Instagram and on my smile, I am living my dream life. A life of…

Today I walked home from work and I saw 5 people I knew. If this had happened to me in…

I had Delhi belly. I had Delhi belly more than once, and I had it on a sleeper train. I…

It was valentines day, the restaurant was overbooked, and it was all kicking off. ‘Oi you! There are 65 portions…

When I was 20 I met a guy in California who I had a 2 year relationship with. We met…