WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 143 | ALL THE BOOKS
This weekly blog episode comes to you from Funchal, Madeira. I am sat with my feet up on my hotel balcony, with my laptop on my knee, and it is wonderful. My view is of the steep sided hills of … Continued
MAC IN A SAC PACKABLE WATERPROOFS | GEAR REVIEW
Thanks to being an Ordnance Survey OS Champion (currently… I find out in mid-March if my application to continue on in the refreshed scheme has been successful or not), I recently received a set of Mac in a Sac waterproofs to test and … Continued
CUMBRIA WAY ADVENTURE JOURNAL | Part 2
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
WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 142 | AVOIDING THE RAIN
Here’s something I’ve been pondering… Is peanut butter sweet or savoury?! It’s savoury, surely? Yes?! I mean, it goes incredibly well with noodles and rice, and makes an excellent dipping sauce for chicken. It’s even associated with salt. But, on … Continued
CUMBRIA WAY ADVENTURE JOURNAL | Part 1
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
WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 141 | WOODLAND WANDERING
I mentioned at the very end of my last weekly blog – episode 140 – that I’d just received word our guided stargazing experience had been cancelled due to bad weather. Again. While it makes complete sense to postpone such … Continued
SETTING GOOD INTENTIONS | BUCKET LIST RESET 2024
My annual bucket list refresh, sharing my goals, hopes and intentions for 2024. Goals posts are a funny thing to publish. I mean, some of you won’t care what I’m hoping to achieve in 2024, and that is fine. But … Continued
WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 140 | PRODUCTIVITY VS SUCCESS
This weekly blog includes a giveaway… make sure you read to the end to find out how to win a copy of Cook Out by Harrison Ward. For the first time this year, I’ve not been able to get my … Continued
WHAT’S IN MY DAY HIKE PACK | 2024 EDITION
My day hike pack and everything I put in it… Whether you are walking five miles or 25 on your day hike, this is a post for you. It’s all about what I’ll be carrying in my day hike pack … Continued
WEEKLY BLOG EPISODE 139 | VIEWS FROM SUGAR LOAF
Hooray for an outdoors focused weekly blog episode! It feels like most of my January musings have been very, well, indoors so far this year. Not entirely, but mostly. Which is fine, and certainly real life, but Splodz Blogz is … Continued