Hiking Special Forces.

Most of my walking clothes are black. That goes from my bobble hat to my boots.  It is habit to buy this colour. Why? Firstly, and obviously - it is the most ‘slimming’ option although…

Yorkshire Wolds Way – A Summary.

Only 6 months since my last post? After a gap of >3 years! Outrageous! My 2 subscribers (hiya Mum and Dad!) will have to start scheduling dedicated time to keep up with this flurry of…

Turning 18 in Iceland 2018.

Every 2 to 3 years I update this blog. Without fail. Gotta keep the readers interested. Ahem. Took the youngest nephew to Iceland last summer as part of his 18th birthday plans... finally made a…

C2C – Coast To Coast Finished. 

Not a lot to say. I got up early, slogged up the steep hill from Grosmont and got to RHB early afternoon. Easy walking compared to earlier days - my feet accepting their fate and…

C2C – The Longest Day.

About 41km. A thousand metres short of a marathon. But a slowly plodded one carrying my pack, and with a tent erecting task at the end.  The guy who did the first marathon didn't do…

C2C – Left Foot, Right Foot. Repeat. 

Writing this in Yorkshire! The Lakes are behind me and morale has picked up. The day after my last post, I had the short but steep Grasmere to Patterdale leg, where I was overtaken by…

C2C – Hills. Biscuits. 

I retract my earlier blog post. I cannot handle hills like I can handle biscuits. Not in this heat! ("Milk was a bad choice!") Tough day. And 2 harder ones ahead. Today was the 3rd…

C2C – Super Regular Update King…

Yeah. Bang to Rights. I'm guilty of skipping a few posts. Like 2 or 3 years at a time. I'm only writing this because Ellis* mentioned it and that stuck in my noggin. Luckily my…

Norway and Iceland 2011 and NYC 2012/13

A quick catch up to satisfy the Completer/Finisher in me. I was too lazy to write stuff down at the time but between the 'Big Trip' and today there were only a couple of notable adventures:…

Land Rover, Belgium & France

Time to transition this from a 'big trip' blog to a reminder of where I've been since. Still doing this just for me, not expecting anyone to read it. But it helps me remember the…