On 11 May 2016, adventurer Lizzie Carr took the first strokes of an immense challenge: to become the first person ever to paddleboard the length of England vi...
I've always felt an affinity with bees. Perhaps it's because my name (Melissa) means ‘honey bee’ in Greek or that I like their hard-working, loyal nature and cu...
Do you love elephants? And would you pay for a ride on one's back just to get a selfie? Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: riding these gentle giants re...
It wasn’t until I became a scuba diver that I realised just how amazing the ocean is or how much humans are damaging it. Divers are passionate about protecting ...
When I qualified as a PADI Open Water scuba diver, I wasn’t sure when I might next have the opportunity to dive and didn’t think it would become a regular hobby...
Melissa Hobson is a freelance travel journalist. She qualified as a PADI scuba diver in the Great Barrier Reef and has since dived in locations around the world! She has a particular interest in marine life, conservation and the environment.
