Author archive for Stories

  • Boat on Lamu beach at sunset

    Lamu Island

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    A bright red and blue parrot raced our tiny plane down the runway as we came in to land at Manda Airport while an unconcerned pedestrian ambled by in the opposite direction along the edge of the tarmac.

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  • Marjorie Marks-Stuttle CRF psychology prize 2019

    Psychology Prize 2019

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    Congratulations to A Level Psychology student Francesca Payne who has been awarded the Caroline’s Rainbow Foundation Psychology Prize 2019. 

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  • Marjorie Marks-Stuttle CRF psychology prize 2018

    Psychology Prize 2018

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    Congratulations to York College A Level Psychology student Karen Nyga on being awarded this year’s Caroline’s Rainbow Foundation Psychology Prize.

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  • Elephants drinking water at a watering hole

    How to Travel Safely in Zimbabwe

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    Zimbabwe is a beautiful country. Despite its touchy political situation and fragile economy, this landlocked jewel in Southern Africa is well worth a visit.

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  • Man taking photo next to York river cruises sign

    Youth Travel Advice – York

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    Going out in York. It reaches a point where young people want their independence; they are old enough to look after themselves. This may be true but with age comes experience and wisdom, and this should not be forgotten.

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  • Morocco airport

    Travelling Morocco

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    I travelled to Morocco with a friend from college, Rachel, for two weeks. We arranged it through a company and it was made up of around 14 people of all ages, from the UK and Australia.

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  • Vietnam boats cooking

    Streetwise in Vietnam

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    At the age of 32 I kinda thought I was really streetwise and at ‘one’ with surroundings! I have lived in various cities around the world and have learnt how to conduct myself as a adult – or so I thought!

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  • More busy streets in Vietnam

    Accident in Vietnam

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    The Financial Services Ombudsman has found Boots’ travel insurance, provider, AIG/Chartis, guilty of unreasonably using small print to avoid a claim and ordered them to pay in full.

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  • Thumbs up on road

    I was kidnapped

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    More than three years have passed since this unfortunate event. Luckily, nothing tragic then happened to me. I was neither raped nor stabbed, sequestrated nor assaulted; I was only threatened.

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  • Terrifying Ordeal

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    The trip to Nepal was something we’d been planning for nearly a year. Myself and three friends had booked a ten day trek around the Annapurnas in the Himalayas, followed by five weeks in India.

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