The People We Meet
As the time gets closer to me heading off on my trip to walk the length of Hadrian's Wall and do some wild walking in the windswept Orkney Islands, I can't help but sometimes ask myself why I travel as much as I do. Why on earth do I feel compelled to wander far from...
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Walk With Me: An Evening in the Himalayas
As you know, because I've told you on several occasions, I do a lot of walking. And when I say walking I don't mean a stroll around the park, I'm talking the hiking and trekking type of stuff, sometimes in rather challenging situations. What you also know, if you've...
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Everest Base Camp Trek – what to take.
I wrote a version of this blog post a few years ago but I’ve had a few people quizzing me lately on what to take on an Everest Base Camp trek so I thought I’d update it a bit. We’re all very different when we travel and we all have different things that we consider...
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Adventure Travel – Why?
Adventure travel has become so much more available in recent years and more people are heading off to undertake more extreme adventures. As I plan my next adventure, hiking the length of Hadrian's Wall and a bit of wild hiking in the Orkney Islands, I've been...
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Lukla Airport – up in the clouds.
When I made the decision to trek to Everest Base Camp to celebrate my 60th birthday in 2013 I don't really think that I thought it through, it was one of those 'it seemed like a good idea at the time' moments. As it turned out it was one of the most exhilarating and...
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Nepal is open for business.
As some of you may know I was in Nepal when the country was rocked by the major earthquake on 25th April this year. I’d completed my trek and was sitting in the lobby of my hotel when the earth, quite literally, moved and it’s not an experience I’d ever want to...
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Gokyo Ri – climbing a mountain.
It’s almost impossible to define when a hill becomes a mountain. I’ll not go into the differing opinions (you’ve got Google for that) but in my opinion any peak that stands over 5000 metres above sea level is definitely a mountain. And when that peak is in the middle...
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The Nepal Earthquake – Mother Nature v Lady Luck
When I woke on Saturday morning, Anzac Day 2015, my plans for the day included a wander into Thamel, one of the busiest tourist areas of Kathmandu, a bit of last minute shopping and lunch at one of my favourite spots – The Roadhouse Café. This was to be my last day in...
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Going back – revisiting the Himalayas.
I don't know about you but there are so many places in the world that I've visited that I'd love to go back to. I've been there once ... or twice ... or several times, and still there's a pull that they exert on me to keep revisiting. The pressure to go back. I want...
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Countdown to Kathmandu and my Everest Trek – 30 days to go!
The countdown is definitely on. It's nearly two years now since I did the Everest Base Camp Trek and would you believe, it's only 30 days now till I head back up into the Himalayas to have a go at the slightly more strenuous Everest Circuit Trek. Fingers crossed, but...
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