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Hiking the West Highland Way
The West Highland Way is the archetypal and most famous of the long-distance Scottish footpaths. In many ways it’s also…
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Hiking on Orkney
Hiking on Orkney was one of my major reasons for travelling there. My original aim was to walk around several…
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Hiking the Norfolk Coast Path
As I’m sure you all know, in the summer of 2019 I hiked across Great Britain, along with my friend…
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Barefoot Sandals in Everyday Life
In principle I should have always been fond of standard barefoot sandals, given my generally barefoot lifestyle. Traditionally they look…
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Minimalist Sandals
As you know, often when I travel, I’m completely barefoot. However this isn’t always practical, or even legal, and sometimes…
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Hiking in Ardnamurchan
Ardnamurchan is a peninsula in the far west of Scotland, lying about halfway up, kind of between Fort William and…
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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…
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.
