Argentina: Los Glaciares
We passed through lakes of blue sky, breaks in the Patagonian weather system we had avoided for so long. Behind us were banks of grey cloud, ahead were more of […]
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Chile: The W Trek
We didn’t have to go far from Argentina to find cooked eggs for breakfast. After 16 hours in transit and a much needed rest, the offer of scrambled eggs was […]
Argentina: The End of the World
In the beginning there is fear. All the what-if maybes. At the bag drop the self service machine advises me that check-in has closed. Panic descends. There is a human […]
The Existentialist
The cold dawn, sky more blue than black. A fingernail of moon. The promise of light on the horizon. The pinks and oranges of a late sunrise reflected on the […]
The Optimist
Once the trees had completed their burn out and all that remained were skeletal branches I started to feel better. The 21st of December came to an end and 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 […]
