Day of the Triffids

Day of the Triffids

When I was young I used to go to the cubs. It was like scouts but for the younger kids. Beavers – for the even younger kids – hadn’t been invented yet. Yes, I’m that old. Anyway, there are two main things I remember from my time at cubs. The first was that...
Cutting corners

Cutting corners

Based on the conditions yesterday I was fairly confident I would be taking a different route up through the islands. I didn’t think it would be any longer or shorter, I imagined roughly the same, but would cut out some of the climbs where the paths had become water...
Too early for doubts

Too early for doubts

I suppose I thought, because there had already been a few issues in even getting up to Scotland and with my health, that once I started my walk everything would fall nicely into place and things would go smoothly. I was slightly disappointed when the weather forecast...