Hi, I'm Laura, long known to friends as 'Laur on Tour'. My lovely, late friend Andrew gave me this nickname back in 2009 due to the fact I always seemed to be on a train or plane somewhere. In reality, I had only been travelling abroad for three years at that point in my life with my first foreign holiday being Marmaris, Turkey, in August 2006.

At the time of writing (July 2026), I have visited 32 countries, returning to many of them several times. In fact, I am due to visit two new countries next week which will bring the standing total to 34!

I lived in Spain for 3-and-a-half years and got to know Italy very well when I spent another 3-and-a-half years in a relationship with an Italian man. I speak Spanish, Italian, and French.

By day, I am a full-time secondary school teacher who aims to travel somewhere in every school holiday and bank holiday, and by night I am a poet and writer who performs at events across Liverpool and beyond.

You can read some of my poems and view photos of performances over at my poetry blog.