The list of items you could, should or would like to take hill walking can go on and on and on. But all hill walkers and mountaineers will have their own “must haves” that they grab as soon as they know they’re heading on a trip. I have listed below …
I love cities. The hustle-and-bustle, the crowds, the street performers and ordering Chinese food to your house at 3am. But they can get quite overwhelming, especially for a country bumpkin like me. As I’ve mentioned multiple times, I grew up right on the water and love the fresh air and …
Thought I’d give my tales from Down Under a bit of a break this week, instead having a wee throwback post to Tentsmuir Forest and Kinshaldy Beach. At the North East of Fife, Kinshaldy Beach over-looks the River Tay and right across to Broughty Ferry. My childhood is filled with …
I have always had this strange fascination with water. Growing up on the River Tay, I’ve always been used to the views and sunsets over the river. Water, whether it be large lochs, small burns, fast rivers or slow streams, it really doesn’t matter. I love it all: the sounds, …
Earlier in the year, as part of the training for my Everest Base Camp charity trek (yep, another training walk, but they were needed!), I took my wonderful wee man Jimmy the Labrador for a walk along part of the beautiful Fife Coastal Path, accompanied by my Dad.
Well I haven’t been up to much recently, mainly because I’m saving for… AUSTRALIA…which is happening in December! So instead I thought I’d do a throwback blog post to my walk up Schiehallion with my Dad in February. This was actually part of my training for my Everest Base Camp …
Trekking to Everest Base Camp, while raising funds for the British Heart Foundation was the most incredible, hard-going, rewarding trip I have ever done. It was also ultimately life-changing for me, in so many ways.
