Anybody who knows me
knows I’m a little bit Instagram-obsessed! I currently run four in total, my personal one future.mrs.brown (which gets neglected because I'm so busy concentrating on the other ones!), our travel one Gillian_and_Shauns_Adventures, my animal photography one Gillians_Animals and one for the family dog Suzie the.suzie. So with following a whole range of different people over the four accounts I thought I’d make a list of some of my
favourites!
Theme Park Worldwide
Theme Park Worldwide
was created by theme park enthusiast Shawn Sanbrooke who started off just
making videos as a hobby in his bedroom as a teenager. Fast forward a few years and he now has a
YouTube following of 170k, a Twitter following of 14.5k and an Instagram
following of 32.7k. Shawn goes all over the world visiting theme parks and filming vlogs about them. He knows everything there is to know about rollercoasters, flat rides, dark rides, he knows the manufacturers of them and just about every fact you can think of. He doesn't just visit theme parks, he visits smaller fairs and tourist attractions as well.
What I love most
about Shawn is he’s so passionate about what he does and so much effort goes
into all of his posts and videos. He even does
a weekly show on YouTube with features such as “Guess the Ride” where he shows a zoomed in picture of a ride or a short sound clip and you have to guess the ride in the comments, “Merch
Paradise” where he talks about some of the random rollercoaster merchandise he owns and “Interact with Me” where he gives mentions, shout outs and shares
photos that fans have sent in. Thursday 16 August was National Rollercoaster Day so Shawn and his friend Alex decided to take on the massive challenge of visiting all 4 Merlin parks in the UK (Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adventures, Legoland and Thorpe Park) in one day and riding one rollercoaster at each park without using any fast passes. If you want to know if they managed it you'll have to check his Instagram feed š
Chikkunmama
Chikkunmama’s account
features her lovely little pet hedgehog called Chikulik, (which is a mixture of
Japanese and Polish apparently). I just
find her whole page so endearing, she posts pictures and videos of Chikulik with little
captions as if they're having little conversations between one another and they’re just so cute! Chikkunmama originally had a hedgehog called Chikkun (hence her Instagram name) but sadly he passed away a few years ago. If you think hedgehogs are
adorable and cute hoggy pictures brighten up your day then follow Chikkunmama!
Update: I'm sad to say that poor little Chikulik passed away on the morning of 11 October 2018 š
Update: I'm sad to say that poor little Chikulik passed away on the morning of 11 October 2018 š
The Asian Abroad
Nora is a girl from
Singapore who left her job in 2015 and moved to Barcelona. She initially just planned to stay there for
a couple of months but fell in love with it and 3 years later has learned how to speak
Spanish and bagged herself a Spanish boyfriend fiance!!
She created a travel bucket list when she moved to Barcelona and has
managed to tick off quite a few places! Hers was the first blog I ever
subscribed to when I started blogging myself and I love following her
adventures and reading her interesting articles. What I like about Nora’s Instagram is she
always posts nice, colourful pictures and has honest, informative but amusing
captions! She definitely sounds like a lot of fun!
Ally Law
Ally Law is a young guy
who has become rather well known in the YouTube world for doing daily
“madnesses” which more often than not end up in him and his mates being chased
by police or security guards! They’ve climbed various buildings (and cranes!) in
the UK and abroad, and completed “overnight challenges” by sneaking into places
like swimming pools and cinemas, hiding until everyone else has left and
then having some fun while trying not to get caught. Some of it is stupid, some of it is insane
but the people obviously love it considering he has 1.9 MILLION subscribers on
YouTube! He has 181k followers on Instagram, 32.6k followers on Twitter and he
even has his own merch website!
Dundee_Foodie
Being a food lover myself it’s no surprise that one of my new favourite accounts is Dundee_Foodie! I love the fact that she’s local to me and she posts such amazing pictures of food and drink from eateries around Dundee and beyond. She’s made us aware of so many amazing places around Dundee that we didn’t even know existed and she's got a knack for making you feel hungry just by looking at her pictures! If you love your food like I do, you’ll love this account and if you live in Dundee or the surrounding area she'll definitely give you plenty of inspiration for meals out or places to go for brunch!
Bonvoyagebigadventure
This account follows the
adventures of Amanda and Rich Mitchell from the USA who left their home and jobs in June 2018 and are aiming
to visit 25 countries in ten months. I
love this account because they post a bunch of great photos almost daily and they look so happy in every single one! They’re not even 2 months
into their trip (53 days at the time of writing!) and they have already visited
Iceland, Hungary, Croatia, Greece, Malta and Italy! They are so inspirational. I love their blog too. They have a whole page about the
kind of sacrifices they had to make to be able to afford their trip, like going down to one car instead of two, stopping paying for cable, home-cooking more etc. There's also information about the destinations themselves, the lessons they've learned along the way and there’s even a book review for those who like reading while travelling or by the pool!
We Rate Dogs
We
Rate Dogs describes itself as “your only source for pawfessional dog ratings”
and is one of my favourite accounts because they not only post adorable
pictures but the captions are most amusing!
They “rate” dogs out of 10 but they’re always above 10/10 because, well,
they deserve it! š¶ They also have a
website where you can order merchandise such as tshirts, caps, mugs, calendars
etc. I thought their Instagram was
popular with 578k followers until I checked their Twitter and realised they
have 7.3 MILLION followers! If you like
dogs they’re definitely worth a follow!
Harlow and Sage
I’ve
followed Harlow & Sage for a couple of years now after finding them on
Facebook. I just love them because they’re
absolutely adorable! The family started
out with Harlow, a Weimeraner, and Sage, a Miniature Dachshund, but
unfortunately Sage passed away in 2013. Shortly
afterwards they got another Miniature Dachshund called Indiana Thunderbolt to
keep Harlow company and a year later another Miniature Dachshund called Reese
Lightning joined the family! They have
also now started fostering other dogs which means lots more adorable pictures!!
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