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Hikes and other stuff
Is it worth it
I’ll answer the title straight away. Absolutely. It’s definitely worth it. I think hiking is one of the best things I’ve found to do with my time. It’s definitely improved me. It’s definitely expanded my horizons and made me aim for different things - things I’d have...
Abort, abort
This was not the day I had planned. But if I’ve learnt anything from these treks, it’s that you need to be adaptable, and most importantly, you need to listen to what your body, or your environment, is telling you. I don’t think I’ve ever had such a short leg to a...
I must decorate
I moved into my current house about eleven years ago. In that time I’ve decorated a lot of the rooms, changing them from plain white to other colours. All the rooms for the boys have been done and also the lounge. I’ve also refitted the bathrooms (with relative...
None of this makes sense
When I left Cape Cornwall last October it was pouring with rain and wasn’t particularly pleasant. I was really pleased to have just got into the car with the heating and the heated seats switched on. I was really cold and just wanted to get to our hotel, have a decent...
SW Coastal Path – the return
When I finished the Great Glen Way, despite part of me feeling that I wasn’t sure I had another walk in me, I started plotting my next move
A fun day out
Approaching this walk I wasn’t really thinking about the actual journey, about getting from point A to point B and back again. I was thinking more about ticking off a small part of the coastal path that had been a minor inconvenience, a small nemesis. I’d somehow...
Mind the gap
The problem was that the gap was a bit of a nuisance. It’d annoyed me at the time when I couldn’t get from Kimmeridge Bay to Lulworth Cove on the South West Coastal Path. It had only been my first day of proper walking and I’d already failed and had to get a taxi to...
I’m a time traveller
If I’ve got the physics correct, there is a chance I’ve got them wrong, as we go faster, time slows down. This means the astronauts on the international space station are aging slightly slower than the rest of us down here on earth. There’s not a lot in it, I think...
It was easier on a boat
It’s been an interesting day today. At some points it felt like things were going wrong and it became quite stressful and difficult, and other times, thankfully the majority, it was really fun although often quite challenging. When we travelled on Loch Ness on the...