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Te Araroa part 1 – Wellington to Havelock
It begins! This section covers my faffing around in Wellington and the Queen Charlotte Track. Things that I arranged a few weeks before arriving in New Zealand: Hostel in Wellington Ferry to Picton H... Read More
Te Araroa Gear List
Here is my final* gear list of what I’m taking to New Zealand to hike the South Island section of the Te Araroa. My base weight (total of that in the table below, minus what I’ll be wearin... Read More
2017 in review
Like last year, I want to reflect on things I’ve done in the past 12 months that have made me feel happy/alive. I also want to look at the 7×2017 goals I set myself (spoiler: I didn’t... Read More
South Downs Way: Amberley to Eastbourne
“So, why did you want to go walking at this time of year?” I was on my third train of the morning, 2 hours behind schedule due to delays and cancellations, and the man in the seat opposite... Read More
Getting home, the slow way
I stayed the night at a friend’s house in Bicester, and as I didn’t have plans for the next day, and the forecast was decent, I’d try walking back to Oxford. ‘Try’ as the... Read More
The lowlands and the Highlands
I had four days at the end of August to play with, and decided I wanted to be up a mountain on my birthday. I’d wanted to go to Scotland for a while – I would most likely get swamped by mi... Read More
The Poor Student 200km audax
In some end of 2016 festivities with the wonderful Broken Spoke Team Beryl folk, someone mentioned their intention to go on a ride in early January. This ride would be 200km long, in a triangle starti... Read More
Attitude of adventure
I’m of a generation that was raised being told we can do anything, but instead heard we had to be everything. We needed degrees to ‘succeed’ but were thrust from education into a rec... Read More
How to cycle to a wedding
A friend was getting married in Marlborough and I’d started looking at how to get there (remember, no car). Public transport would involve a laborious amount of buses and trains, and I thought I... Read More
Planning for Te Araroa
Last weekend I booked my flights to New Zealand for the beginning of January, with a return flight at the end of March. It now feels much more real! Work gave me the go-ahead for 3 months extended lea... Read More
Wild Welsh Weekend
A week before I realised I had no plans for the upcoming May bank holiday weekend. The weather looked pretty decent (I laugh as I write this in hindsight) and my usual hiking friends were unavailable,... Read More
Walking the Coast to Coast – day by day
You can see my preparation and my gear list, and watch the film I made. This is a day-by-day account of the hike with info for those thinking of doing the route. If you are, do it, it’s great. ... Read More
Coast to Coast gear debrief
In general, my backpacking kit for the Coast to Coast worked rather well. I was using quite a bit of new kit, so I’ve summarised the stand out pieces here. The good Scarp 1 This tent was my hom... Read More
Coast to Coast notes
You can see what the Coast to Coast trail was like from my little film, this is for some thoughts about the walk as a whole. Schedule My original schedule was to do the walk over 14 days, plus 1 rest ... Read More- 2 of 4
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