Heather Cowper
Heather on her Travels

As a child my parents loved to travel, and every summer we packed up the Morris Minor with camping gear and travelled round Europe. As a student, I became more adventurous – a ski-season in France, a working holiday in Hong Kong, I studied deforestation in Kenya and pigged out in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Later, with my husband we continued our explorations in Europe and around the world, fitting it all in around building our careers and making our nest together.

We moved from London to Bristol, where we are happily settled and the growing family meant that our travel horizons were a little more limited. Still we managed to see plenty of Europe and the odd jaunt to Africa. In those day, the demands of juggling business and family meant relaxation and fun with the kids was my main priority.

Things move on however, and with my family more independent of me, I started to look for a little more adventure. I certainly got it in a trip I took a couple of years ago to Ecuador with two friends. I documented my journey for friends and family on Flickr, but on my return I decided to start a travel blog to share my passion for travel more widely. The blogging has now become almost as much a passion as the travel – sometimes I ask myself if I blog about my travels or if I travel to fill my blog?

I am also part of Travelator Media, an alliance of established online multimedia travel publishers
with a large social media following who target the UK quality traveller.