This is my story

When my father suddenly passed away, my life as I knew it changed forever. A little over a month later, my marriage broke down and I found myself getting divorced at 30. I struggled to cope with both losses and was soon diagnosed with depression. Before long I was admitted to hospital having made a plan to end my life and I found myself at rock bottom.

Amidst all that pain and loss, I discovered something that gave me back a sense of hope. Solo travel taught me to fall back in love with not only life, but most importantly, with myself. I quit my 10 year career to embark on a year long solo travel adventure, and in doing so, I aimed to rediscover who I was as a newly independent woman.

Even though the Covid-19 pandemic scuppered my plans, in between lockdowns I embarked on my most life changing solo adventure to date: a 10 week solo road trip across the UK in a self-converted MINI camper! It was without doubt the most challenging yet most rewarding experience of my life.

When global travelling finally resumed, I solo travelled across Spain for 3 months and fell in love with the Andalusia region. So much so I decided to move there all on my own in 2023. So now I’m embarking on a whole new chaptter I like to call ‘Emily in Spain’.

Thank you for discovering my blog and I hope it inspires you to give solo travel a try. You never know, it may just change your life.