Mestia
Sometime nearing 11pm on our last day in Mestia, the four of us were making our way up the hill out of town on the deserted road. When…
Category: Holidays
Hebrides
It took me six months to go away for a full week this year, which is quite out of character. I don’t know what happened. Being on contract.…
On balance
When I was maybe about 6 or 7, I was pretty into gymnastics. I did some kind of classes at the YMCA, and whenever tumbling and mats and…
When the apocalypse comes, I know where I want to run
I just got back from an idyllic weekend up north with friends and I still can’t handle reading the interweb, or even thinking much about what the hell…
Where to next?
Before I even got back, people were asking me this question. People continue to ask me this question every day. So here! By popular demand. A short list.…
A (freezing cold) river ain’t too much to love
So hey! I’ve not packed it in, I’m still here. September started with a Cold That Would Not Die and some pretty bad family news – a combination…
Beginnings and ends, plans and memories
This weekend I booked my first train and my flight from Bangkok back to Edinburgh. It’s really real FO-REAL now. I just have to fill in the middle…
Lindy Hoppers do Glen Coe
Before we left on Friday, this is what the forecast looked like for Glen Coe. We (or at least I) I was running on serious faith that the…
A wee bike trip and a trot up a hill
Since I’ve got this lovely bike now and I decided I wanted to use the next few months to enjoy Scotland, the incredible weather on Saturday seemed like…
US May 2015
I didn’t do a lot of writing about this trip while I was on it, because I was SO TIRED the whole time. You’d think I’d learn by…