We HAD eagerly set off for our destination, Kaltukatjara (Docker River), where we HAD planned to stay 2 nights.
50km from Yulara and with Kata Tjuka at our backs we photographed the road signs to the WA Border and Kaltukatjara and the road ahead knowing that 95% of the over 1000km to Laverton would be unsealed. The road that we covered today proved to be worse than what we had heard. Bone shaking Read on...
The train from Madrid clocked at a steady 300km/hr, turning a 3+ hour drive into an hour and ten minute ride through the torrid Spanish plains.
Walking from the station, I saw a digital bank thermometer that read 51 degrees (124 degrees Fahrenheit). But it felt like nothing close to as hot as other parts of Spain Ive visited, since it was very dry and breezy. Maybe I just prepared myself well for Read on...
Being peak summer holiday season, I booked for a one night weekend stay instead of two. Devon and Cornwall have officially declared drought. Adapt and progress is the mantra of recession in England.
Excitedly, I finished last minute packing like putting my toothbrush into the bag. I caught the local bus to Heathrow airport bus station and Flixbus coach to Exeter. In all the confusion, I noticed m Read on...
Treated to a very pretty sky leaving WCH. Im on a mission today as Geoff is going to meet me somewhere near Pelican Point to provide a ride into Denmark. Having a scheduled meeting always adds a little bit of stress to a days hiking, especially with our track record of getting lost, having no signal, not actually talking about the same place to meet despite both thinking it is the same place, etc, Read on...
Our second day without going anywhere in Gertie (the car). Wed been told that the beach to the south of us, Maderas, was a good surfing beach, and easy to walk to along the shore as long as the tide was low. It looked like late afternoon would be a good time to go, so in the morning we went to the closest beach. We got some boogie boards from the caretaker, but it wasnt really my thing. Waves are Read on...
Three groups of four walkers each set off at intervals to make up our city walk this week. In Griffith Woods, autumn surrounded us: dried grass, bare trees, traces of old snow, hidden animals. Only tiny Wood Violets twinkled spring colour.
The excellent path, groomed but natural, cherished our feet for most of the way west along multiple strands of the Elbow River. The still water shone with refl Read on...
The 60 the British Virgin Islands are all volcanic except for Anegada, a coral mound. Anegada is the northern most island of the BVI archipelago and separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea. Anegada is the second largest of the British Virgin Islands, but it is also the most sparsely populated of the main islands, with a population of 285.
Anegada lobster is a specialty in the BVI, wi Read on...
While we pray for the people in Florida that are going to be hit today by Hurricane Ian, the weather here is also changeable.
We went to the Spanish Lagoon for birding again, around 8, and then came back for breakfast. Still no more humming birds.
Then we packed up to drive to the right side of Baby Beach to check out the turtles. This is where we took Tom and Amy, and we have to say – with em Read on...
100 not out . A century in cricket . The batsman counting up to 100 hoping he will survive the bowling and reach a ton. The bowler hoping to bowl the batsman out before he reaches that milestone . For some wierd reason my brain had calculated that we had reached 100 days since Boris locked down . As I walked this morning I thought about that 100 and it seemed wrong but I was not sure why. I though Read on...
with lots of short breaks, 30mins at bothy refugio de Fortverd, 30mins at bothy refugio Riu dels Orris and 60mins at Refugio de LIlla
So today we made it out of Encamp! Whoohoooo! A steep in parts but enjoyable climb up out the town and back into the forest, led us all the way to a dam, which is obviously accessible and popular for the locals as even though it was early, there were plenty of run Read on...