Considering a new metaphor for my current world – the grief labyrinth. And catching up on an October full of gentle adventures and bursts of energy. Hello again, and welcome to this month’s journal. How are you doing as we … Continued
On turning two one-day hikes into an overnight hiking adventure in the Cotswolds: Hiking the Warden’s Way and Windrush Way. Part 2 – the Windrush Way from Bourton-on-the-Water to Winchcombe. Note: This adventure took place in March 2025, before this … Continued
On turning two one-day hikes into an overnight hiking adventure in the Cotswolds: Hiking the Warden’s Way and Windrush Way. Part 1 – the Warden’s Way from Winchcombe to Bourton-on-the-Water. Note: This adventure took place in March 2025, before this … Continued
An adventure journal post all about my first day hiking the Mendip Way, from Weston-super-Mare to Rowberrow. If you are new to this series, start at day zero. Back at the end of January, I went on a solo adventure … Continued
The first in a short series of adventure journal posts recounting my hike of the Mendip Way, including planning, packing, and my journey to the starting point in Weston-super-Mare. The Mendip Way is a waymarked long-distance hike in Somerset, England, … Continued
In this weekly blog episode: A trip report recounting a recent long weekend in Cumbria – mountains, lakes, woodland, rivers, and the sea. Plus reviews of my Water-to-Go bottle and Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. In my last weekly … Continued
I planned to hike the Winchcombe Way in the Cotswolds in one weekend. This adventure journal is the story of how it ended up taking two years. And the lessons I learnt through perceived hiking failure. The Winchcombe Way is … Continued
In this weekly blog episode: On having small adventures, seeing the Aurora in the UK, a tour of the Triumph factory, National Walking Month, Overherd powdered oat milk, and some book reviews. May seems to be a month of small … Continued
In this weekly blog episode: The weather, spending a couple of days exploring the Test Valley, my first camp of the year, week one of National Walking Month, and some family history in North Baddesley. I read this weekend that … Continued
Back in Summer 2023, Jenni (my coast to coast and West Highland Way hiking buddy) and I walked the Cumbria Way. Well, the Cumbria Way-ish. We used this 73-mile waymarked long-distance trail in the Lake District as inspiration for a week hiking in this … Continued