Where do you recommend I visit? Where can I get away from it all? What’s your favourite place in the UK? What’s the quirkiest place you’ve ever been to? These are just some of the questions I get asked on a regular basis and my answer changes each time, depending on...
“Can you make money from a blog?” has to be one of the commonest questions I get asked and the answer is … not straightforward. SOME people are making money DIRECTLY from blogging but it is still a relatively new commercial arena and there are currently few guidelines. What is...
New Zealand: a magical county of contrasts, history, culture, nature and adventure. It is well worth taking the time to explore this magical place. A few years ago my son and I spent three weeks driving around North Island, staying and we stayed in a wide range of accommodation, including caravans at parks...
So what is Seattle famous for, apart from a cracker of a place to be sleepless in? Well there is the legacy of the great fire of 1889, which devastated downtown Seattle but furnished civic leaders an opportunity to make good out of the bad planning that had gone before...
Are you into New Year resolutions? If so, good luck! At this time of year, I find it difficult enough to do much more than try to keep warm, stay vaguely focused on the job in hand and hopefully plan a holiday to warmer climes … But actually, I also...
A recent request on Twitter for, “Somewhere hot, beautiful, preferably a place I’ve not been to before, with a quiet corner to write – and a pool,” brought an amazing number of responses. I LOVE Twitter – there’s always someone there answer questions, solve problems, exchange ideas, even make dreams come true...
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ABOUT THE QUIRKY TRAVELLER

Hi, I’m Zoë; welcome to my quirky world…
QUIRKY TRAVEL is about seeing the world from a different angle, looking at things from all sides, finding the unusual, the interesting, the fascinating. It’s about quality combined with classiness, it’s about being curious about everything and wanting to know more…
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- The Heart is Like a Compass
- Quirky Travel Poem: ‘Consolation’ by Billy Collins
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- Canada: Mind, Body, Spirit experiences that FEEL GREAT #forglowinghearts
- Exploring the simple attractions of Molle on the west coast of Sweden




