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...

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...

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...

Day 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...

Day 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....

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...

Day 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...

Day 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...

Day 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...

Day 100 Back on trail - and into the heat of Northern California. It is ‘in the nineties’ whatever that means. Blardy hot anyways. You...

Day 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...

Day 88 Endless woodland-walking day. No major uphills. No major downhills. No significant river crossings. Hideously heavy pack...

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...

Disturb bear! Back away very, very, very slowly... Turn on phone... Extreme multitasking - trying to photograph a bear and not poop one's...

Day 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...

Day 66 I’ve moved to Kennedy Meadows - the official entrance to the Sierras, having hoped to do some miles today. However, it is the...

Day 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...

Day 53 The trail around Big Bear is lush and smells of alpine. It is absolutely nothing like toilet cleaner - I’ve been lied to!...

Day 48 Back on the trail - having found a different route that by-passed the hideousness that was miles 180 - 190. I rejoined the trail...