The Bog Standard Tour
"Britain's going down the toilet," exclaimed not a single one of my friends in light of the resignation of BJ; the rampant inflation and...
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Person Irresponsible
- Oct 22, 2020
- 1 min
Sadventure 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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Oct 2, 2020
- 2 min
Sadventure 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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Sep 9, 2020
- 7 min
PCT: 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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Aug 24, 2020
- 2 min
PCT Days 154 - 158
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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Aug 19, 2020
- 4 min
PCT Days 147 - 153
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....
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Person Irresponsible
- Aug 10, 2020
- 6 min
PCT 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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Jul 26, 2020
- 3 min
PCT Days 125 - 130
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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Jul 19, 2020
- 3 min
PCT Days 116 - 123
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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Jul 10, 2020
- 5 min
PCT Days 106 - 114
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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Jul 1, 2020
- 3 min
PCT 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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Jun 24, 2020
- 2 min
PCT Days 95 - 98
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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Jun 24, 2020
- 3 min
PCT Days 88 - 94
Day 88 Endless woodland-walking day. No major uphills. No major downhills. No significant river crossings. Hideously heavy pack...
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Person Irresponsible
- Jun 20, 2020
- 1 min
Mud, 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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Jun 12, 2020
- 1 min
The bear essentials...amateur wildlife photography lesson
Disturb bear! Back away very, very, very slowly... Turn on phone... Extreme multitasking - trying to photograph a bear and not poop one's...
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Person Irresponsible
- Jun 12, 2020
- 2 min
PCT Days 79 - 85
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...
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Person Irresponsible
- Jun 1, 2020
- 6 min
PCT Days 66 - 75
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...
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Person Irresponsible
- May 19, 2020
- 3 min
PCT Days 58 - 63
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...
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Person Irresponsible
- May 12, 2020
- 3 min
PCT Days 53 - 57
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!...
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