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LAKE DISTRICT // SCAFELL PIKE

LAKE DISTRICT // SCAFELL PIKE

“Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” ― David McCullough Jr.

So the reason I stayed in a hostel for the very first time in yesterdays post (you can catch up here) was because I was about to climb my very first mountain! I have just done the maths and it was…

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FIRST HOSTEL EXPERIENCE

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain

A couple of months ago a friend persuaded me to go on a trip to the lakes for the weekend and stay in a hostel, at 35 years old I had never stayed in…

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SOUTHWEST COAST PATH // PRAA SANDS - PORTHLEVEN

SOUTHWEST COAST PATH // PRAA SANDS – PORTHLEVEN

“The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

Travelling through a landscape with clear evidence of a mining history, especially around Perranuthnoe, the Path passes tempting sandy beaches, followed by rugged scenery beyond Rinsey Head where there are some…

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SOUTHWEST COAST PATH // MARAZION - PRAA SANDS

SOUTHWEST COAST PATH // MARAZION – PRAA SANDS

“Walking takes longer… than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed.” ~Edward Abbey

Day five, 10.8 miles, Challenging – Moderate to strenuous

Much of this walk through an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty offers fantastic views of Mounts Bay and the magical island and castle of St…

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MY FIRST CAMPING TRIP

MY FIRST CAMPING TRIP

“I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it’s not someplace you can look for. Because it’s not where you go. It’s how you feel for a moment in your life when you’re a part of something. And if you find that moment… It lasts forever.” ― Richard, from the movie The Beach

So maybe not my first time camping but definitely my first time camping in twenty years! In fact the last time I…

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