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From bush to bustle, and back again
I'll confess, by the time I made Queenstown I was a bit of a state. I hit the first section hard and, in a bid to catch a friend before she left town, I went without a break for 11 days. My legs were cut and bruised, I had an aggressive rash covering both cheeks of my...
And so, it begins.
Did I ever tell you about the time I put the bag with all my worldly belongings on a baggage carousel at Auckland airport, without any instruction of flight or destination? Funny story that one. Yes yes, in my overexcited-ness-ness and having already checked in...
The Final Countdown
Crikey O’Riley. There’s now just one day to go until I take my first steps onto the Te Araroa. I’m sitting in my friend’s Auckland apartment, looking out over Mission Bay. This afternoon I’ll catch a flight to the South Island for the Journey to Bluff. Next time I...
50 states beyond the comfort zone
Yesterday I was going through old notes, and I came across this post I wrote back in March, having been home from the states for a month. I have no idea why I didn't post it at the time. But with pre-trip nerves for NZ in glorious full swing, it seems rather apt to...
Running New Zealand: An Update
Well stone me, it’s been a while. And seeing as I've spent this week piling life possessions into bags and boxes once more, I feel compelled to update you all. Here's what's been going down in Adventure Town lately: The Route: Running the Te Araroa from North to South...
Running the length of New Zealand
Deep breath, here goes... I’m going to run the length of New Zealand. There. I said it. On the 15th of January 2015 I’ll set out from Cape Reinga, the very northernmost tip of the North Island and make my way down to Bluff on the Southern tip of the, um, South Island....
Adventures around London
Aye me, it’s been quite a summer. Now 15 weeks in fact, since a a handful of adventurous chumlings and I set out to sleep wild in each and every county surrounding London. Even though we’ve managed to get a whopping 76 Londonites away from their desks and out to the...
The Roman Run: A Montage
A wee while back (albeit not as far back as 122AD) you may remember I did the following: Dressed up as a Roman soldier Ran the length of Hadrian's Wall Acquired an over-sized blister named Bobby Here's a little video about that adventure (you can enjoy the story in...
The London Series: Essex and Surrey
Let’s get this out of the way early on, shall we? Deep breath, here goes: TOWIE. Fake Tan. Wel Jel. Reem. Sa’lty Potaata. Motaa’s. Boob jobs. Innit. Dagenham. Romford… I think that’s the lot…oh no wait…. Shuuu Uuuuppp. The marvellous thing about the richest county in...
Microadventure: The London Series
“That street you live on, that street, it’s the road to Africa, to anywhere, to…adventure.” I was sat in the Ellis Brigham Mountain store in Covent Garden, listening to Al Humphrey’s talk about the four years he’d spent cycling around the world. But I wasn’t there to...
