South West Coast Path: Lyme Regis to Teignmouth
The world from the train is without people. People have shaped the land but they are not in it. A patchwork of green, yellow and brown. Fields lined with hedges, […]
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South West Coast Path: Once, Twice, Again.
I asked myself, “what next?” And sometimes “what’s the point?” Summer approaches its natural end. The temperature, finally, starts to drop. Darkness closes in. Leaves silently turn from green to brown. I’ve […]
Lofoten: The Sun Never Sets
Jon and I spent the night in a cabin. Not a very big cabin I’ll admit but it had real beds and access to a pay per use but thankfully […]
Lofoten: Insomnia
Snow white clouds. A cover hiding the world below. Like snow it looks pure, clean. The tops bubbled like a fountain filled with washing up liquid. Where the clouds broke, […]
The Peak District: Kinder Scout
I remember marching up the valley in the dark. The only light coming from the torches strapped to our heads. We came into the arena, found a seat on the […]
News from Nowhere
The road out of Sheffield climbs up and up, until you pass the last pub and the first millstone and then you’re in the Peak District. I’m wowing to a […]
At the Mountains of Madness
Following the unexpected success of my coastal hike, the inevitable happened. I stopped. I justified the lack of activity as a well earned break, a break which started to feel […]
