#Writer’sTravelogueSeries – 10 Tips For Keeping a Travel Journal (Without It Taking Over Your Trip!)

Are the first few pages of your travel journals filled with joy and excitement?

Do the notes get thinner and more sparse?

Then, do they stop completely a few days before you go home?

For my second post in my regular #Writer’sTravelogueSeries on Marcia Meara’s The Write Stuff blog, I am looking at something very close to my heart now I am a permanent nomad and my journal is so important…

How to keep a travel journal – without it taking over your trip! Click the link and find out!

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Cover Reveal: To Hel In A Hound Cart – Journey To The Centre Of Europe

I am very excited to reveal the cover, and announce the upcoming release of To Hel In A Hound Cart – A Journey To The Centre of Europe, the fifth (and final) instalment in my Adventure Caravanning With Dogs series.

These are true life road trip memoirs, following the trials and tribulations faced by my husband, Mark, and myself, since we decided to quit the rat race and give up work to live our dreams by touring Europe full-time with our four dogs.

Although they are part of a series, chronological in time, each adventure is a stand alone story.

Dawne’s book is available on Amazon worldwide. Click here to find Dawne’s book on Amazon.co.uk
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Matera: A Stroll Through Italy’s Stone Age City

I have discovered a new Pan Tone; Magenta di Matera. It relates to the colour of my face after scaling the Gravina gorge to the ancient City of Matera in a temperature of 28°C (83°F).

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Magical Matera: Italy’s 9,000-Year-Old Cave City

Sometimes, a place you visit really gets into your heart. That happened to me in Hawai’i. There, they call it ‘aloha’.

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