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Tips for the Commute

Hey Earthbugs! You may or may not know this, but I have just finished my first year of university and I am a commuter. I thought I'd put together some tips for making the commute a bit easier, some of these can come in handy for all students though.  I hope you find some of these helpful! Get a backpack  Honestly, when I was younger I was obsessed with the idea of having this style of a flimsy bag that looks good and is not practical in the slightest. As a result of this, I had to carry several other bags that obviously had to be Hollister or something equally as cool, so days in year 7 when you had PE and food technology?! You know the struggle. Admittedly this was the time that I heavily cared about what people thought of me so had to fit in with everyone else so backpacks were a no go.  When I was getting ready to start uni I just wanted a big enough bag to throw everything in, whack on my back and go. They can fit everything in, even the kitchen sink, and you can get

Greece is the word

Hey Earthbugs! In March, me and Jack decided to book a holiday for early June but didn't really know where to book and didn't want to be paying too much money so were clicking around on various websites to look for the best prices and whatnot. Seeing the name Halkidiki I was fascinated, it's incredibly fun to say...honestly I recommend you stop reading this for a second and just say it outloud, and we found a reasonably priced hotel. I remember as a younger teenager I would scroll through Tumblr and see lots of pretty pictures of white walls and incredible views of Greece and just be mesmerised so put it on my bucket list and have longed to go ever since. Other than high hopes for Greece, I didn't really know what to expect we only booked for 5 days so if it was awful it was a break and we didn't have to go back.  The days flew by and soon we were on the way to Manchester airport and ready to go to Greece, everything was straight forward and a few hours later we