My Story

Hello everyone, and welcome. I am especially pleased to meet you if you are joining me here for the first time.  [updated 2023]

If you are up for some armchair travel and like the idea of having an around-the-world airline ticket with me, then take a seat – no passport needed!

137 Pillars Suites & Residences, Bangkok

How many years have you been interested in travel?

I am a Brit and an Aussie and I have been travelling since I was three years old when my family first landed in Singapore. There was a chunk of life when I remained based in the UK which gave me a stable education, a university degree and a taste of professional corporate life. If only there had been a career choice as a digital nomad back in the day…

The last twenty-five years + have been spent as a trailing spouse, being a crazy soccer mum and making a right mess of our friends’ address books!

Visiting the local villagers in Laos

I now have grown-up kids (and the dog) scattered across the globe.  Post-Covid retirement beckoned, and worldwide travels resumed – you could find us anywhere these days.

Where have you travelled, and where do you enjoy most?

So far I have travelled to 57 of the 195 countries of the world, only a disappointing thirty per cent of the world – could do better Wren!

I have lived in Australia, Belgium, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and the United Kingdom

My passports are full of stamps from Botswana, China, Egypt, New Zealand, Turkey, Indonesia, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, Croatia, France, Monaco, Russia, Portugal, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Poland, Luxembourg, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Ireland, The Philippines and the USA and the beat goes on, as they say … 

I’m more familiar with Asia and Europe but my favourite countries have been Malawi, Guatemala and Laos.

What travel do you have planned?

It’s another wonderfully busy year of travel. I am currently in Europe, writing this from London.

I have already been to Australia, Thailand, Spain and the UK in 2023 with more trips planned to France, Belgium, Germany, the United States and Australia to be completed before the year is out.

Visiting Japan in 2019

What is your travel style?

I would say I’m a FIT luxe-adventurer but… I like to mix it up a bit, between my solo travels at the ultra-luxe resorts of Thailand and the blow-up mattress at Glastonbury rock festival I’ve been at both extremes already this year! If it’s authentic then, of course, I want the Japanese tatami mat and the trekking homestay.

FIT as in free independent traveller  – I like to be organised but not over organised. I am our Travel Agent, Destination Advisor (yay for Trip Advisor!) and route planner.

My adventure with come from being out of my comfort zone, in non-familiar surroundings, not from an adrenaline rush. I would rather be in a jeep on safari than on a Bangkok motorbike taxi. Let me cruise around the Whitsundays rather than jet ski in Borneo.

I will happily bike, paddle or hike on my holidays, just don’t ask me to Bungee jump or skydive. Anything with nature and yoga, I’m in!

What about you, what is your travel style?

Little Wandering Wrens worldwide wanders

How has Little Wandering Wren evolved?

Little Wandering Wren was established in 2012. The primary purpose was to journal for family and friends, whilst on a 100-day adventure to visit our son. He was attending boarding school in the foothills of the Himalayas, India at the time, as they do, if their Mum’s called Wandering Wren.

In 2014, the blog expanded to include readers from across the globe. I was amazed that my everyday Aussie life recounting tales from our life with kids, a crazy poodle, and an ever-revolving open door policy of non-stop guests from across the globe was of interest. Through Little Wandering Wren I have met the nicest people, both online and some in person.

‘Well, if I can’t travel the world, then let the world come to us!’ was my cry.

By 2017, be careful what you wish for … and my world was spinning with a move to Bangkok, Thailand. With family and friends in Australia and the United Kingdom, my life was spent dashing between three continents, with about one-third of my life spent in hotels in countries in between.

In 2019 Little Wandering Wren – chats and Little Wandering Wren travels split into two spaces, mostly as I wanted to develop my own branding on a Word Press site, but loved my original Blogger blog and can’t bear to leave that space completely. 

In 2020/21 The Covid situation finds us ‘stuck’ in Thailand, yes don’t feel too sorry for us! We loved our days marooned in Phuket a tropical island in southern Thailand.

In 2022 Little Wandering Wren blog has had a fresh new look as I return to a life of full-time travel post covid.

In 2023 You will find me saying Yes to everything that comes my way, I’m back volunteering at Glastonbury, hoping to achieve My Tennis Fan Slam, and have plenty of Worldwide Wanderings booked in!

What do you want to achieve from Little Wandering Wren?

This is my happy space on the internet. It is a creative outlet for my writing, for recording my travels, and for inspiring others to see the world either through their own travels or via this blog. #Seetheworldwithme is a much-used hashtag!

Whilst I am happily growing my brand contacts with Hotels and Resorts and those in the Health and Wellness Industry, Little Wandering Wren will continue to be used to give an English Speaking voice to those in need (watch this space!)

How can we connect?

I am available through all the usual social media outlets above, do follow along I’d love to see you here:

Twitter @LWWren

Instagram @littlewanderingwren

Facebook @lwwren

or directly through wrensrambles@gmail.com. please drop me a line, I always love to chat.

Ok, let’s get this show on the world. Remember ‘not all those who wander are lost!’

Chocks away!