Quitting your job to go travelling – eeek!

Well the decision has been made. We’re really doing this! E has already informed his employer that he’s leaving. Shocked is probably an understatement, however there was some understanding for the rationale – and even an offer to come back and work remotely once the travel is over, which I thought was pretty decent of

Making (big) plans for 2022 – have we lost our minds?

2020 was a complete and utter clusterfuck. That I think we can all agree on. 2021 was still a bit of a mess, but there was hope. Wasn’t there? E and I galloped into 2022 with a thirst for adventure which needed to be quenched. This was going to be it wasn’t it? The year

Move to the country, they said.

Disclaimer: I started drafting this post w/c 21/02/22, prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I toyed with the idea of not posting, because, well…everything just seems very insignificant, and dare I say it, pointless, right now. However, despite everything that is going on, and the sadness and madness of it all – and feeling

Time

And just like that – one quarter of the year…gone. I never cease to be amazed at how quickly time flies; even if you’re not having fun. Listening to Planet Rock (as I often do during my work day) this week and Pink Floyd’s ‘Time’ came on. It’s my favourite song off a fantastic album

Walking the West Highland Way – Part 2; Milngavie to Sallochy Bay

In my previous post I introduced the beginning of my first walk of the West Highland Way back in 2018. Namely, my lack of getting any training in before the walk, and the fact that on the morning of the walk I realised that my rucksack weighed in at 20kg! Here is my recollection of

Adventures in Scotland – The West Highland Way Part 1

Preamble A while back I posted about what led me to walk The West Highland Way for the first time back in 2018. I have since walked the route on two further occasions – 2019 and 2020. The West Highland Way is a walking trail of just under 100 miles, that starts in Milngavie, a

2020; fuckity bye!

Christ on a bendy bus. How fast did the last part of 2020 go? I mean, I’m glad to see the back of it, but I do worry about how quickly the time (thus, life) goes by. It was strange; we returned from Scotland in the first week of September. It still felt like summer

Hiking in Scotland – why the West Highland Way

I first started thinking about the West Highland Way on a bitterly cold, snowy morning at the car park of Ben Lawers in February 2018. I had driven almost 300 miles in my little car up to the Southern Highlands for a weekend away with a friend of mine. I had booked us onto a

2020: Plans, Vans and Ideas Part 1

2020 so far has been….well….we were all there weren’t we? Like so many others, we had plans for this year that have had to be…{is it optimistic of me to use the word?} paused… I think for the first time in my life, I started the new year with some semblance of a ‘plan’. We