Destination: New Zealand
To make hummus; blend two cans of chickpeas with several cloves of garlic, a sprinkle of cumin, a slosh of olive oil, a bit of tahini and a few grinds […]
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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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
I Don't Have The Map 