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Thursday, 2 January 2014

Martin’s Christmas Walk 2013

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I’m a little behind myself here, so there will follow a bit of catch-up. It won’t take many posts as my walks-per-month statistic has only p...
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Monday, 25 November 2013

Stuff, Nonsense and Mouldy Wet Dog

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It may have been something of an error to go slogging on the penultimate day of our holiday. By the very nature of slogging, our shoes g...
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Sunday, 24 November 2013

M&G Go For A Slog

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Mick's bites-the-size-of-small-countries had abated to more reasonable sizes this morning and I managed to convince him to go for a slog...
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Slogging

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This photo belongs with the next post. I'm having some Internet issues tonight (cheap motel = great Internet; chain hotel = almost unus...
Saturday, 23 November 2013

Shark Valley

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Arriving at Shark Valley (a misleading name - no sharks and flat as far as the eye can see) this morning we had a choice: to take the 2 hour...
Friday, 22 November 2013

Vultures, Turtles and Ickle Baby Gators

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Just a few photos today. I've been trying to type a post, but have lost patience with trying to type accurate and coherent sentences on ...
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Wednesday, 20 November 2013

The Anhinga Trail

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Having left Key West this morning, the Everglades was our destination. Having lugged our backpacking gear around with us all this time, our ...
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Coast to Coast

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We walked miles again today, including a yo-yo coast to coast. The day started in the cemetery, which may seem an odd choice, but it cam...

Sunset at Key West

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On our third attempt we took no chances and arrived at the square with 45 minutes to spare. A good job we did too, as we had already missed ...
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Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Zachary Taylor State Park and the Customs House

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We've walked miles today and, my goodness, it was a hot one for walking anywhere. Our starting point was to walk down to Zachary Tay...
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Monday, 18 November 2013

Bahia Honda State Park and Key West

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Journeying down to Key West today we passed a number of state parks, but the one we opted to visit was Bahia Honda, which, from the descript...
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Sunday, 17 November 2013

John Pennekamp State Park, A Geocache And Some Big Fish

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Being 17 days into our Florida trip we should be embarking on a six day backpacking trip just about now. The plan had been to spend a week a...
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Monday, 26 August 2013

To, From and To Kirk Yetholm

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“This feels like it’s been some odd kind of illicit meeting” said Mick as we headed off in opposite directions at 7am on Friday morning. Mic...
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Sunday, 25 August 2013

Byrness to Chew Green

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When Mick set off to finish off the Pennine Way at the beginning of last week, I was so kind (even if I do say so myself!) as to offer to go...
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Wednesday, 21 August 2013

A Visitor In The Middle Of The Night!

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It appears that Mick’s day went uneventfully today (unless you call losing your leg in a bog an event) and he managed to make it to his mapl...
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Tuesday, 20 August 2013

A Major Gear Failure – And A Major Omission

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Random photo: the radar station atop Great Dun Fell, as we saw (or didn’t see) it in 2008 At a ridiculously early hour of yesterday (Mon...
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Tea Atop Creag Leacach

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Friday was the day we were to head back south, but we had enough time available to us to pop up to drink tea and admire the view on a couple...
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Thursday, 15 August 2013

Tea But No Cake on Creag Nam Ban

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When Laura asked, last evening, whether we fancied strolling up a little flowering-heather-clad hill with her today, we didn’t take much per...
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Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Neither Tea nor Cake atop Carn a Gheoidh

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The Cairnwell has got to be the Munro with the easiest access (particularly if you take the chair lift!), sitting with its summit just under...
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Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Tea and Cake on Ben Rinnes

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Our walk today started at Benrinnes Distillery, where they don’t have a public car park, but where they were quite happy for us to leave Col...
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