travel blog
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South West Coast Path 608 miles to go.
I had a corker of a day! I did the first two days of the South West Coast Path walk in one day including the additional strenuous bit. The GPS gave the distance travelled as 22 miles. with a vertical ascent of over 6000 feet. Started the day with a great breakfast at The Quay…
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Ready Steady Go
After finalising my 10kg of packing it was a pleasant day of travelling on trains & a bus I arrived at Minehead in the late afternoon. I’m staying at The Quay Inn, enjoying it’s free WiFi. The South West Coast Way starting sculpture is about 50 metres away and my room overlooks the sea, all…
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630 miles to go….
Tomorrow should see me venturing of to try and walk the 630 miles (1008Km) and apparently 114931 ft (35031 m) of vertical height on the South West Coast Path. So should be interesting especially in the foul weather at the moment. To honour the occasion I’ve purchased yet another pair of Scarpa Terra GTX boots, about…
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A day in the Cambridge snow
After last night’s epic (by Cambridge standards) 4″ of snow. The Cambridge Rambling Club A group walk around Histon was cancelled so Sally & I met up with Jill at the usual starting place in Harvey Road and concocted our own walk up to Coton (where we bumped into the B group) then across to Grantchester for…
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The Kindle needs me 🙂
Oh dear it has been officially noted that I’m been very lazy. Just received this from Amazon:- We noticed your blog (listed below) has not updated for more than 30 days. Kindle customers expect to receive frequent updates for blogs and news feeds to which they subscribe. Because blogs should update at least once per…
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Reflections
One of the reasons I enjoy travelling so much are the fascinating people you meet. in unexpected situations. Yesterday when getting on the bus to Marocos I bumped into Ann & John, we instantly struck up a rapport, (they were confused as they had been told to use Bus 1 whereas we were on Bus…
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First week in Madeira
One of my dreams has been to live in the winter sun, I really hate to be burning up money just to try and keep myself warm! It seems a lot more economical to live in a climate where the sun keeps you warm! However, I couldn’t live in really hot countries like Dubai etc…
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Guide to Panchasse
After my last independent trek here in Nepal, I decided to try a trek with a guide especially one who I had just created a website for 🙂 We took of from Pokhara in Buddhi’s brothers taxi to Naudader to start walking the Panchasse Circuit. Buddhi had planned it would take 2 nights and three…
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Nepal trekking taster
Having just returned from my mini 5 day trek in the Annapurna foothills it has to be said that Nepal is a fantastic trekking place! especially for Sally with strategically placed tea houses every hour or so of walking 🙂 I decided to do the trek without a guide (1500 rupee a day with his …
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Near drowning in the Trisuli River
Having just about recovered from my trauma in the River Trisuli here in Nepal I thought it would be wise to write it up for others to learn something about the dangers of whitewater rafting down 3+/4 rapids. I booked a two day trip with Adrenaline Nepal rafting down the Trisuli for $80 to include…