Author: Amy Farnworth

Freelance Journalist, writer and contributor for: The Liverpool Echo Baltic Triangle Get Into This Purple Revolver Blog Preston The Eye Creative Bee-it.co.uk Views are my own.

Athens: a city with great potential but a city marred by bad graffiti, run-down buildings and unsavoury promiscuous cats.

February 9, 2016

Athens, Attica, Athena: one of the great historical cities of the world. A place where Zeus laid his temple, where myths and legends were formed; where the Olympic Games originated; where food and drink go hand in hand with lifestyle and culture. In Ancient Greek times the ruinous structures that dominated the landscape towered in … More Athens: a city with great potential but a city marred by bad graffiti, run-down buildings and unsavoury promiscuous cats.

Come Closer

January 25, 2016

Can’t you see the love in my eyes? Look closer. Can’t you see past this feeble disguise? Look closer. Can’t you see the passion that simmers in the depths of my being, that haunts me, that glimmers? Look closer. Can’t you see my wanton my desire? Look closer. Cant you see I’m burning with fire? … More Come Closer

The Wall

January 24, 2016

The reason she leaves and travels the world is ‘cos nobody stole her heart. She wanders and roams the streets all alone ‘cos nobody dared to start.   Where is the knight in shining armour, the one who should’ve carried her away? He didn’t appear like the fairytale said, he didn’t ask her to stay. … More The Wall

The Six Month Itch

January 13, 2016

It’s exactly six months to the day that I arrived back in England, and every day for those last six months I’ve wanted to leave again. I’ve wanted to grab my overnight bag and passport (which sit at the end of my bed by the way, already packed with toiletries and spare underwear) and leave. … More The Six Month Itch

How Larches Boxing Club is gaining a cult following for its no-nonsense gym

January 9, 2016

Larches and Savick ABC have churned out some heavyweight names in boxing over the last few years with Scott Fitzgerald (Commonwealth Gold Medal winner and now Pro-Boxer under Matchroom and Eddie Hearn), Mick Hall and Adam Simpson all rising to success through the club. This is before you mention amateurs Jack Phoenix and Stan Houghton … More How Larches Boxing Club is gaining a cult following for its no-nonsense gym

Getting fit and losing weight: New Year’s Resolution Numero Uno.

January 2, 2016

When it comes to New Year’s Resolutions there’s already been an abundance of blogs, articles and features published about the do’s and don’t’s of these lists; the how’s and why’s, and the pros and cons of conventional resolutions versus more alternative ones. There’s information telling us what we should and shouldn’t do, and how we … More Getting fit and losing weight: New Year’s Resolution Numero Uno.

Ten things to do in Lincoln (if you’re skint or on a wine-only budget)

December 1, 2015

At the beginning of last week I took off on another Daytrippin’ adventure which saw a friend and I head down to Nottingham and then over to Lincoln for some sight-seeing (pub-visiting) and some cultural (wine-drinking) exploits. Before we left I’d told a few colleagues and acquaintances about our impending trip only to be greeted … More Ten things to do in Lincoln (if you’re skint or on a wine-only budget)

Daytrippin’: Travelling soothes the soul; forever shall I wander, free and in love with the world.

November 23, 2015

On my return from Australia in July 2015, a decision that in hindsight I wish I’d thought more about, my burning, itchy feet had barely touched the ground before I knew I had to up and leave again. With financial woes preventing me from embarking on another trip of a lifetime so soon after returning … More Daytrippin’: Travelling soothes the soul; forever shall I wander, free and in love with the world.