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Rottnest Island Day Trip
On my first visit to Western Australia, I took a day trip from Fremantle to Rottnest Island (on my second…
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Pink Lakes, Stargazing, and Wildflowers
In a previous post, I talked about places you could visit within day trips from Perth. However, while I was…
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Landscape of the Outer Hebrides
When you look on a map, the Outer Hebrides look pretty remote and uninteresting, and you might wonder what they…
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The Sani Pass
Bloody obvious with hindsight, but let me just reiterate the point, so no other backpacker tries the same stunt. If…
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Five Days in Lesotho
I only had five days in Lesotho, but it was enough to let me see that it’s a particularly beautiful…
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The Matapos and Cecil Rhodes
It’s hard to talk about Africa and not mention colonialism; its effects down here in Southern Africa were a bit…
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A Day Trip to Chobe National Park
Botswana – cue images of hippos, elephants, and crocodiles, easily visible on a luxury safari. When places like Mole National…
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A Day Trip to Victoria Falls, Zambia
To most people, the name “Victoria Falls” conjures up an image of a vast cascade of water, a loud and…
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Visiting Ghana’s Mole National Park
Africa. To the average Brit, the very name invokes images of vast grasslands, plains with shrubberies, dust-capped faded green mountain…
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Why I am “The Barefoot Backpacker”
So, The Barefoot Backpacker. It’s occurred to me that, apart from my first podcast, I’ve not really explained much on…
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My First Wild Camp Experience
I did my first wild camp ever last weekend, and, yeh, I don’t know if any of you saw at…
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Hiking Across Great Britain
… So, I may have committed to doing something somewhat epic, and equally very very silly. But of course, as…
The Great Outdoors
I’m fond of being outdoors, and there’s a whole world of it out there. Even at home here in the UK there is some wonderful scenery. Some of it is easy to access, like Kinder Scout in the Peak District. Some of it is much more remote, like Ardnamurchan or parts of the Pennines. But across the country, there’s a series of hiking trails to follow, to fully explore the beauty.
This section of the website looks at all things Outdoorsy, including Parkruns, UK long-distance footpath guides, occasional wildlife encounters, and my experiences of travelling barefoot and feeling the world beneath my feet.
