by admin | Apr 23, 2018 | Camino, Uncategorized
The Camino Ingles is an authentic pilgrimage route for English and Northern European pilgrims in the middle ages, who came by sea from their homelands to La Coruña or Ferrol, and then walked to Santiago. Santiago de Compostela is roughly 60 km from La Coruña, and 120...
by admin | Mar 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Where do I get my cravings for adventure from? Do you think there is an adventure gene? and where does yours come from? My Mum was probably the one who engendered this love for adventure because we were always going on picnics, she and Dad were always going out on...
by admin | Mar 20, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
Where do I get my cravings for adventure from? I think adventure may be a genetic thing. My Mum was probably the one who engendered this love for adventure because we were always going on picnics, she and Dad were always going out on shikar, (very politically...
by admin | Mar 9, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
Transcript Summary below, or you can listen to the audio only at the bottom of the page. Happy International Women’s Day! The first thing I saw on my Facebook feed today was last year’s video where I was actually in the forest but today I’m here at...
by admin | Mar 6, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
How absence can get you your heart’s desire I’m already talking about my next Himalayan walk. Am I mad? When you read my book you’ll know the main thing I struggled with was the absence of air. This is Toohey forest and in here we have Mount...
by admin | Mar 3, 2018 | Adventures, Himalayas, Uncategorized, Writing
The top of Mount Gravatt is the point where we walked every day before the Himalayan trek for training. It was a bit of a joke because this altitude is 184 metres and at Sandakphu we were nearly 4000 meters. This walk was good for training. It wasn’t good for...