Hiking Without Supervision

Lazing around is not a good idea for me, it makes me melancholy. I’m honestly tired of walking and tired of the weather (there have been a few weather bright spots but mostly icky). And, seriously considering finishing the adventure by bus and train, so I can come home earlier than planned. Friday, May 12: Read more

Another beautiful morning in Dundee. Left the house really early and tried not to wake up the early warning system (Bear the Barker, and Barney Trouble). Bus into town, train to Stirling, change train to Falkirk. Then made my way to the Falkirk Wheel. What an amazing feat of engineering. It is the largest boat Read more

It started off overcast and gray… normal I guess. It stopped raining, so I took my raincoat off. Five minutes later, it started raining again, so put my coat on. That’s what it was like all morning: rain/coat on, stoprain/coat off, sun/rain put the brolly up. But it was still a lovely walk. And, since Read more

I decided after lazing about and visiting for several days (ok I was a little unwell during that time), I knew I had to keep moving or my experience on the Pennines was going to be terrible. I was already worried about the hills being more difficult than the Cotswold. So I decided to walk Read more

Friday: feeling a little under the weather but it might have been the wine last night. Breakfast with Ricky, Fiona, Jimmy, Jackie, and Stuart at The Tay View, couldn’t see across the river to Fife, so much fog. A little retail therapy with Fiona, then watched Dundee win the cup and be promoted to the Read more

I woke up really early feeling a bit delicate from the wine last night but otherwise glad to be backpack free. I might have mentioned that I sent three different packages at three different times back to Scotland to reduce the weight and bulkiness of my pack. The first package just had bits and pieces Read more