Happy 10th anniversary, Glasgow Gallivanter!
I love food, drink, music & walking both in my home country, Scotland, and abroad. This is my travel blog where I intend to write about all these things. It’s under construction, but please call back later. As a taster, here I am at the Grand Canyon in 2009.
The image and text above announced to the world my arrival as a travel blogger on July 5th, 2011. Well, when I say the world, I mean my Mum and Dad. We were about to embark on one of our North American road-trips, and blogging daily while we were away seemed like a good way to keep them informed of what we were up to. I continued to blog on-the-go for about three years – certainly, the posts are short and with few images, but I couldn’t find the energy to do that now.
During those three years I never seemed to look up and realise that there were other bloggers out there talking to each other, so those early posts are eerily quiet. That first documented trip was to Georgia and the Carolinas, and a little bit of Tennessee. In honour of my tenth anniversary I have chosen one image from each post, so at last someone will see them! Clicking on the captions will take you to the full post if interested.
So there you have it: the blog’s first travels in a nutshell. This has been a fantastic hobby for 10 years, and I hope to keep it going for at least another 10 (preferably, post-pandemic, with some actual travel). I love being able to preserve my memories in this way and so appreciate the contacts it has helped me make. Dear reader, I mean you! Thank you everyone for reading and reacting.
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
Happy 10th blogiversary. Raising a glass to the next 10!
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Cheers, Helen!
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Happy tenth blogiversary, Anabel. A decade of blogging; a wonderful hobby indeed. I’m glad you had many follow-up trips to the US and elsewhere. And, that quiet comment section sure has exploded over the years! 🙂
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Thank you Liesbet! I’m glad things have developed the way they did.
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Congratulations Anabel to you and John (the photographer, par excellence!) … wonderful memories for you – I’ve never been to that part of the States. Cheers Hilary
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Thanks! Here’s to the next 10 years.
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Congratulations on your 10th blogging anniversary! I’ve realised more and more as this pandemic has worn on how fortunate it was that I decided to set up a blog too. It is such a good chronicle of past trips – I wouldn’t have remembered all the detail if I hadn’t written about it and photographed it. Plus you meet so many interesting people! Hopefully there will be many more trips to come 🙂
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Exactly! It’s great to look back on past trips, especially when you can’t currently do any. And I agree about meeting interesting people from all over the globe.
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Time does fly ☹️
I’ve been doing this blogging lark for a little longer than you but the years have flown by.
I discovered your blog when it had been live for a while but have been enjoying reading your posts ever since.
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The first proper interactions I had were during the A to Z Challenge in 2014. I can’t remember how and when you and I “met”. I do remember that at the very beginning I thought you were a woman because I mistook ms for Ms rather than your initials!
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Congratulations on 10 years, Anabel! A stunning heading photo! The Savannah, Georgia, photo brings to mind the movie “Midnight in the garden of good and evil.” You seem to do well with heights. Chimney Rock leaves me breathless even sitting at my kitchen table. 🙂 I love your blog, Anabel. I have mentioned to you in the past, how you even make history fun. Here is to at least another 10 years!💕
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Thank you! I meant to read the book / see the movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil before we went and didn’t. Guess what? I still haven’t!
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I cannot recall the plot, Anabel. I recall it was a good movie.
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What a wonderful canon of work you have created. Happy 10th, and here’s to ten more!!!!!
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Thanks, Kim! I hope to keep going for at least 10 more.
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Congratulations on ten years of blogging, Anabel! I loved learning more about your blogging history. Like others, I am so glad that you decided to open your blog out to all!
Cheers to ten more years!
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Thank you! Here’s to 10 more years to all of us, and may they be more normal than the last two …
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Happy 10th anniversary! I’m glad you finally decided to start reaching out to other bloggers – I’ve enjoyed being blog friends all these years (and meeting in person too!), and hope you keep the blog going for at least another ten years! I’m enjoying reading some of your early posts too.
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Thanks Jessica! And I’ve enjoyed meeting up with you too, both virtually and in person. Over the last year and a half when things have been so weird I’ve particularly valued my blogging connections.
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