Person IrresponsibleOct 22, 20201 minSadventure Completed: #61 Show me the money!How many pennies do you get in a ten pound note? Initially I figured that surely someone I know owns a gerbil called Penny, or for a...
Person IrresponsibleOct 2, 20202 minSadventure Completed #60: Beat those feet!One of the realities of the midlife is that things start to hurt. A lot. In my case, having just gone for a small stroll of 2,650-odd...
Person IrresponsibleSep 9, 20207 minPCT: The final push...Day 159 Expected to do around 18 miles but trail conditions are rock, more rock, followed by even more rock. Some of them the size of a...
Person IrresponsibleAug 24, 20202 minPCT Days 154 - 158Day 154 My tent was sopping wet this morning - in fact at one point it was raining on the inside there was so much condensation! I...
Person IrresponsibleAug 19, 20204 minPCT Days 147 - 153Day 147 Crossed over the iconic Bridge of the Gods - spanning the Columbia River, and then climbed from Sea Level up to 4,000 odd feet....
Person IrresponsibleAug 10, 20206 minPCT Days 132 - 146 (with words!)Day 132 As much as I needed to rest my knees, time is starting to really press now. Oregon is great, although not flat, it is definitely...
Person IrresponsibleJul 26, 20203 minPCT Days 125 - 130Day 125 When I’m heading into town all I crave and think of is hot, gooey, cheesy pizza with lashings of veg. Thankfully, America’s...
Person IrresponsibleJul 19, 20203 minPCT Days 116 - 123Day 116 Back into the swing of things - humidity, hot weather and hills. Wasn’t too bad today but since I’ve decided to do a ten-day...
Person IrresponsibleJul 10, 20205 minPCT Days 106 - 114Day 106 Back on trail after a ‘nero’, or near-zero mile day. Started at 10:30am, having stuffed a huge breakfast into me, and finished...
Person IrresponsibleJul 1, 20203 minPCT Days 100 - 105 (Updated!)Day 100 Back on trail - and into the heat of Northern California. It is ‘in the nineties’ whatever that means. Blardy hot anyways. You...
Person IrresponsibleJun 24, 20202 minPCT Days 95 - 98Day 95 Following a one-night special in a bed, I am back on the trail, back in the desert and back in aching back-land! Then back uphill...
Person IrresponsibleJun 24, 20203 minPCT Days 88 - 94Day 88 Endless woodland-walking day. No major uphills. No major downhills. No significant river crossings. Hideously heavy pack...
Person IrresponsibleJun 20, 20201 minMud, mosquitoes and a mille...I'll update website when I arrive in Lake Tahoe in four or five days' time...as internet here in Kennedy Meadows South is sloooow (bit...
Person IrresponsibleJun 12, 20201 minThe bear essentials...amateur wildlife photography lessonDisturb bear! Back away very, very, very slowly... Turn on phone... Extreme multitasking - trying to photograph a bear and not poop one's...
Person IrresponsibleJun 12, 20202 minPCT Days 79 - 85Day 79 We only managed 4 miles today due to a very late start and the long drive to the trailhead. Then we had to hide under some rocks...
Person IrresponsibleJun 1, 20206 minPCT Days 66 - 75Day 66 I’ve moved to Kennedy Meadows - the official entrance to the Sierras, having hoped to do some miles today. However, it is the...
Person IrresponsibleMay 19, 20203 minPCT Days 58 - 63Day 58 I’ve only gone and left my spork in my hotel room - I could kick myself. Just last week I was reading they were the number one...
Person IrresponsibleMay 12, 20203 minPCT Days 53 - 57Day 53 The trail around Big Bear is lush and smells of alpine. It is absolutely nothing like toilet cleaner - I’ve been lied to!...
Person IrresponsibleMay 8, 20203 minPCT Days 48 - 52Day 48 Back on the trail - having found a different route that by-passed the hideousness that was miles 180 - 190. I rejoined the trail...