Hiking Without Supervision

April 21 is my birthday but it will forever be bittersweet. My younger brother Deano died two years ago on my birthday so it makes my heart a little heavy thinking about what he had to endure. Thinking about his trials also makes me try and suck it up when the going gets tough. No Read more

Weather Report: Cool, windy, and overcast in the morning; Cool, windy, and sunny in the afternoon. Perfect walking weather. After a quick breakfast at Morrisons, we loaded up and headed to yet another canal. The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal is much more industrial and less scenic than the one we were on yesterday, but had Read more

Weather Report: Damp, Overcast, with a chance of being grumpy. Every morning we start with a climb up a bastard hill. Why is that? This morning was no different, up a hill to the Great Western Canal. It was a little exciting to find that the canal went much further than we originally thought. Flat Read more

Weather Report: Overcast and cool, with a chance of sun later in the day. Up early, feet taped, great breakfast, out the door to catch the bus to Okehampton so we can hit the trail north and rack up some miles. We were sitting at the Tourist Information Center waiting for the bus. Double decker Read more

I spent months planning this trip, reading blog after blog to get the route right (yes, there are multiple), getting the daily mileage manageable, buying light weight equipment, blah blah blah. But, the plan just went tits up again today. We had made a decision to do a flip-flop today. Meaning we would take the Read more

The first five miles today were along the Camel Trail which follows the River Camel. Weather was cool and overcast, but no rain thankfully. As we made our way into Padstow, it was packed with tourists. I think it was the last day of the Easter holiday and everyone was making the best of it Read more