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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
Coast to Coast video
Happy with the outcome of filming snippets of the walk for the Alpine Pass Route and stitching them together to make an overview clip, I did the same for the Coast to Coast. Shot on a GoPro Hero 3. A ... Read More
Coast to Coast backpacking gear list
I’ve done it. I’ve become one of those hikers that weighs all of their stuff. I had a moment when putting my bra on the kitchen scales where I wondered if I’d crossed some sort of l... Read More
Mountain skills training at Plas-y-Brenin
In April 2016 I went on a mountain skills training weekend, and a recent trip to Snowdonia which took me past the centre reminded me how great it was. Here’s a trip report written a few weeks a... Read More
My first solo camping trip
I recently went on my first solo camping weekend, to test out new gear, my camping skills, and to go for a walk: The bus nears the stop that I need to get off at, and I pick up my poles and bag. I hav... Read More
Tarptent Scarp 1
When I started looking for a suitable tent for my hiking adventures in Europe and New Zealand, I naively thought it wouldn’t be too hard to find one. A few months later, having finally bought on... Read More
Planning a Coast to Coast walk
After spending a considerable amount of time down the rabbit hole of light/ultralight tents, I have finally bit the bullet and bought one: a Tarp Tent Scarp 1. It’s currently winging its way fro... Read More
How to survive your first crit race
Preferably, don’t start in February Looking forward to my racing plans for 2017, I decided to look back at my first race in February 2016. I joined the road cycling world in the summer of 2015 ... Read More