The simple life of a walking holiday and the lessons I learned

Rather than spending a week at home I decided to follow my own advice from many years ago and choose adventure over boredom. I walked the West Highland Way. 96 miles of walking and camping up Scotland’s west coast.  The thing which made this a nice trip was the simplicity of it. Each day I …

Weight v’s Comfort v’s cost. The hiking compromise

I have found when planning a multi-day hike these three factors have become a big part of my thinking when it comes to what I take. Obviously I want to be comfortable when hiking and camping for multiple days, it is not all about suffering. Unfortunately the more comfort you want when camping requires more …

Gear review – Kilimanjaro

Worked well. • Sleeping/camp clothes. To put on different clothes. This was so nice at the end of the day and gave time for clothes to air out • Water proofs kept out majority of the rain even on worst days, whereas others wrote off entire sets of clothes due to wet and not able …

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