The highs and lows of running 50km in Maderia. I say highs and lows in the very literal sense as the actual run itself was a massive high and very fun experience. The doubts about the run were all pre start.It was wet, very wet. Authorised weather warning wet. Which delayed the start by 2 …
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Three Day hike in Slovenia.
A 3 day hike in the Julian Alps reaching the highest summit in Slovenia, Triglav 2863m in height. This was the aim of the trip, also to see bits of Slovenia not yet explored by myself including some lakes. The walk started with a very early wake up and packing up tents to reach the …
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 …
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NC500 + Skye
2021 not much to do and not much money, so decided to drive up to Scotland and admire the NC500 route. Bought myself a £2.99 map of the route and started plotting where to stay and what to see. Using paper maps and google maps really worked well. Plotting where to stay and visualising how …
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 …
My journey to 4600m out of 5895m
Tanzania – Kilimanjaro It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain in the world 1345m is the highest place in the UK and we were about to start a hike at 1800m up to 3000m on day 1! Day 1 of hike 1800m to 3000m 11km 7 hours For me …
Zanzibar
So there are still a few days before I fly to Zanzibar now the nerves and panic are setting in. Have I done enough training? After reading some one else’s blog it would seem not, also the fact I average only 2’000 steps per day this might be pushing it but trying to put that …
Life out of a suitcase
So this Xmas i will have been travelling for about 8 months spending 3 to 4 days each week in a hotel somewhere around the country. Clocking up tens of thousands of miles. So how have I found it. At first exciting, new places, hotels, eating out. It was summer so getting out running in …
Plastic free packing
So this year Tanzania have banned all carrier bags. I totally agree with this and it is a great step towards reducing the amount of unnessary plastic in the world especially single use plastic. Packing for a 2 week trip, including going up a mountain in the rain without plastic has caused a few head …
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