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We might be at the end of the month but right at the beginning of it I went with my Mam to the see Torvill and Dean’s Dancing On Ice The Live Tour at the Metro Radio Arena. I was so excited to see it after loving the TV series since it began.

I can honestly say it was one of the best shows I have ever seen and I do tend to see a lot. There was everything you could want from a show like this.

So you may have seen on social media platforms I handed my dissertation in and am now on the home stretch to graduation..eek!

This means I haven’t really had time to do a focused post so thought I would just tell you a little bit on what I did it on as it is a subject I am passionate about. Also with the most recent events of the whales beaching in Australia it was even more relevant to talk about the issue.

I was looking at ‘How the British press portrayed events of whales being affected by climate change within the newspaper industry over the last decade.’

So if you know me or read my last post you’ll know I visited New York last August. Obviously I posted pictures and shared my travels on social media and the main things people commented on was how it looked like we had an amazing time (we did!) and how they couldn’t believe how much we had done.

People kept saying ‘can I take you with me on my trip’ or could I plan it for them, so I got the idea of narrowing it down to 10 ways to help you have the best trip.

Before I get onto those just a bit of background. I’m lucky that my trip in 2017 with my mam and dad for my 21st Birthday was my second having previously visited in 2013 with my grandparents and cousins.

So because it was my second trip I knew exactly what I wanted to do and when I was determined to make it so we could all have the time of our life.

Ok enough chit chat, it was hard to narrow down and it may be a bit wordy but sometimes you’ve just got to haha anyway .. here’s my top 10 tips in no particular order…

So i have wanted to do a blog post about this since I took the tour on my visit to NYC last August and 5 months later I’ve finally got round to it!

This was my second visit to the Big Apple and was hoping to do a tour that was something different to what I had done on my last trip and at the same time really experience New York. We (I took the trip with my parents) had family visiting NY a few months before us so it was very handy to hear about their trip to help with ours!

They told us of this great pizza tour they had done with A Slice of Brooklyn Tours … I heard pizza and was sold!

Hey guys! Obviously if you’ve been looking at my blog you’ll have noticed I’d gone quiet for a while because sometimes life happens!

Anyway just wanted to let you all know that I’m going to be back in business very soon with some exciting posts and new styles! So keep your eyes peeled and thanks for sticking with it!

Till next time ….

Earlier this month was the British Heart Foundation’s annual ‘Wear It. Beat It.’ day, which has moved this year to June from February. The day encourages people to wear red to help raise awareness and money in order to hopefully beat heart conditions and illnesses throughout the UK.

This past week like many I haven’t been able to stop thinking about all the victims of the Manchester attack on Monday 22^nd. If I’m honest I’ve been a bit lost for words on what to say about it all week as nothing seems to come close to covering it. To see all the families who have been affected and lost someone close to them from such a horrific attack is just devastating. My prayers and love go to everyone affected by it.

This may seem like a bit of a random post but I felt from personal experience of working in retail it is something that was an everyday occurrence. Especially with having earth day this month it is a reminder of how little steps can be done to better the environment.

Pay It Forward is an expression that essentially means to do a good deed for others after you have received one instead of repaying the deed to the original benefactor.