The founder of the Bradt travel guides and author of a new memoir has been thumbing lifts all over the world since her teens – and has no intention of stopping now
January 2024
‘I’ve made friends for life’: Rising number of travellers find going solo is the ticket to happiness
I’ve made secret discoveries on my doorstep: a year-long journey across my local OS map
September 2023
Me, myself and Interrail – a solo train trip around Europe
What to do when you’ve bought two passes but your husband won’t go? Go anyway and have a fantastic time doing exactly what you want
June 2023
I used to drink as an escape. To quit, I thought of sobriety as an adventure
Roland Bull
At first it was uncomfortable and foreign, like asking for directions overseas. But now I feel at home when socialising sober
February 2023
Handy tips to help you relish solo travel
Letter: Miranda Armstrong on getting comfortable in restaurants and enjoying making all the decisions
January 2023
10 of the best group trips for solo travellers
‘It’s all about stepping out of your comfort zone’: 10 tips for solo travellers
November 2022
Go less frequently, stay longer: how I learned to embrace slow travel
Elizabeth Quinn
From the most locked down city in the world to Europe for 13 days – why did I need an excuse?
Jade Raykovski
October 2022
Grey gap year: the over-60s with a taste for travel on a budget
Boomers are eschewing the traditional cruise holiday in favour of exploring the world with a backpack or in a camper van
May 2022
‘I was dog-tired but exhilarated’: hiking the UK’s Coast to Coast route
A solo hike on the celebrated 192-mile route from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay gave our writer solace after the death of her mother
July 2021
Good golly Mollie: why I rode 1,000 miles around Ireland on a Connemara pony
I busked to Norway’s midnight sun with a cello and a broken heart
June 2021
Why black solo female travel is a radical act
Georgina Lawton
Travelling alone gave me a sense of myself and my place in the world. After centuries of constraint, black women’s journeys have the power to dispel myths and give back
April 2021
Why I’m running 5,000 miles around the coast of Britain solo
Walking around Menorca: my lockdown project is never staying still
February 2021
My great British canal adventure: exploring by kayak in lockdown
Throwing a kayak on Britain’s historic inland waterways offers town dwellers instant access to freedom, tranquility and wildlife
November 2020
Race shapes travel: backpacking as a black woman
In an extract from her new book, the Kenyan writer reflects on how guidebooks to Africa, with their warnings of danger, instilled fear in her – until a solo trip to Burkina Faso
April 2020
‘I live alone at sea. Here's how to be happy in isolation’
Our lives have changed radically but we can adapt, says a former Guardian journalist who has lived alone on a boat for three years – and learned to love it
