“… And then I was like, I’m just going to pour myself a bottle of wine and call it a day.” Julia Howell Waking up to a spectacular cloud inversion in the Grisedale valley.…
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“When things don’t go as expected, trust the reroute.” Lalah Delia Getting accustomed to the changeable weather as we head down from the summit of Lingmell in readiness to tackle the unrelenting route up…
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“Always there will be the lonely ridge, the dancing beck, the silent forest; always there will be the exhilaration of the summits. These are for the seeking, and those who seek and find while…
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“Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures”. – Lovelle Drachman After 55 days, reaching the Cap de Creus peninsula and making our way to the end point of the trail. Entering our…
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“My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature”. Claude Monet Wanting time to stand still as we savoured our last moments in the high mountains before descending…
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“Live your life by a compass, not a clock”. – Stephen Covey Week 6 started well with the early evening sun bathing the tent as we set up for a night of wild camping…
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“Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness”. – Frank Tyger Week 5 brought with it one of our toughest challenges when we tackled the Marimanha ridge. Last week had…
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“Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul”. – Jamie Lyn Beatty Watching the sun rise from our wild camp spot at Lacs de Barroude made for a superb start to Week 4.…
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“After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value”. – G.M. Trevelyan One of the highlights of ‘Week 3’ was looking onto the magnificent north face of the Vignemale massif. In just two…
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“There is pleasure in the pathless woods. There is rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea and music in its roar. I love not man the…
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“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean”. – John Muir Thoroughly excited at…
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“Travel is… about learning, about crossing boundaries and mastering the fear of strangers, about making the effort to understand other cultures and thereby empowering yourself”. – Fatima Mernissi Taking in the views of Taipei…
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Exploring China’s Southeast – Overland From Hong Kong to Guangzhou, Yangshuo, Guilin, Fenghuang, Zhangjijie, Changsha, Huangshan, Suzhou and Shanghai “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world”.…
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Exploring China’s Southwest – Overland From Hong Kong to Guangzhou, Kunming, Yuanyang, Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Litang and Chengdu “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new lands but in seeing with new…
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“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will”. – Mahatma Gandhi The Twenty-Fourth Week – The Final Countdown! Making it to the Canadian border at last! Day 161 –…
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“Never forget how far you’ve come. Everything you have gotten through. All the times you have pushed on even when you felt you couldn’t. All the mornings you got out of bed no matter…