by Ishbel Holmes | Jan 26, 2015 | All Blog Posts, Turkey
Before I met Lucy she lived her life in fear. She was a street dog in Turkey. Some places take good care of their street dogs. Other places do not. In Lucy’s 5 or 6 years of life, she has suffered a broken hip, a fractured leg, a destroyed paw and has been shot. ... 
by Ishbel Holmes | Jan 24, 2015 | All Blog Posts, Turkey
I took Lucy to a Cat Pod in Calis, Turkey where stray cats are given shelter and food … this was the result … Lucy in the Dog... 
by Ishbel Holmes | Nov 16, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Turkey
Donate to Lucy’s Happy Ever After by Clicking Here On the 10th November 2014 at 8.15 am, I shared this post on World Bike Girl’s Facebook page. Please help me & Lucy by sharing this post. I found Lucy being attacked by 4 dogs at the same time. Lucy... 
by Ishbel Holmes | Nov 10, 2014 | All Blog Posts
I gave up everything before I began cycling around the world. Correction. I almost gave up everything. I was able to break the attachment to my home and I gave it up. I was able to break my attachment to the wonderful contents of this home and I gave them up... 
by Ishbel Holmes | Nov 2, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Turkey
Selin Yesiltas is 8 years old and lives in Istanbul, a city of 14 million people. This one city in Istanbul has almost 3 times the number of people living in it than the whole of Scotland! Istanbul is such a unique and special city in the world because one side of... by Ishbel Holmes | Oct 30, 2014 | All Blog Posts, Turkey
I’ve arrived in Istanbul’s sea front suburb of Buyukcekmece where I am to meet my Warm Showers host for tonight. (www.warmshowers.org) I’m enjoying a rare treat of coffee in a cafe rather than my usual coffee in a bus shelter. A fierce headwind and...