by admin | Feb 28, 2016 | Cycling adventures, Mindset & Psychology, Walking Adventures
In the 14 days that have passed since clambering over my back fence-gate in Brixton, London I have learnt, loved and lost. Mostly I have lost a pair of gloves and the skin on the souls of my feet, but I have lost all the same. Sympathy please. WHAT ON EARTH AM I...
by admin | Feb 12, 2016 | Walking Adventures
The small hand is on the backpack, the big hand is on the sleeping bag, and by my reckoning that makes it a quarter to Adventure O’ Clock. Now that the groundwork’s been laid, it’s time to get on down to the nitty gritty. If you’ve no idea what in the name of...
by admin | May 28, 2015 | Running Adventures, Running NZ
If Carlsberg made rivers, they would make the Whanganui. It really is everything a river should be: Wet, winding, steep-banked, gorge-framed, tree-lined, tumbling and with a flow that can change from gentle stream to raging torrent on the flip of a dime. But I know,...
by admin | Apr 28, 2015 | Running Adventures, Running NZ
I’m in big trouble. I mean, like serious, knee-deep doggy doo doo. My problem? People. I arrived in Wellington 10 days behind original schedule. No biggy, I thought, and reasoned that I’d make up time in the North Island. The terrain here is more suited to...
by admin | Dec 13, 2014 | Running Adventures, Running NZ
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...