What I’ve been reading this week, 28 June 2019
It’s been another great week for online reads, on a variety of topics from Everest to haiku. Long-distance walking The case for hiking with a heavy pack –…
Month: June 2019
Went to mow the meadow
Is this an essay about solastalgia, automation, landscape, history, or just a little tale about a walker and an owl? I don’t know, but I hope you enjoy…
What I’ve been reading this week, 21 June 2019
One consequence of staying away from Twitter is that my to-be-read queue of articles is a lot smaller, but I’ve still picked up a number of interesting reads…
Observations from the edge of the wood
At seven o’clock in the morning I emerge from the patchwork of woodland bordering Gunby Park. These stands of trees, interconnected by hedges and thickets, semi-wild, are undergoing…
Making time for fitness, part two – 20kg lost in two years
January 2017 saw me start a habit that changed my life: I started walking five miles every morning before breakfast. Two and a half years later, it’s time…
What I’ve been reading this week, 14 June 2019
Women who walk or run solo, death and power in the Highlands, mental health and mountains, and the value of close observation… Long-distance walking TGO Challenge 2019: the…
The summer 2019 Twitter burnout
I haven’t dropped off the face of the planet, although I have decided to suspend all personal social media activity for a while. It’s seven o’clock, and I’d…
What I’ve been reading this week, 8 June 2019
It’s been an interesting week for online outdoor writing, skewed heavily by the UKWildCamp controversy – but I’ve picked up a few other nuggets on long-distance backpacking, mountaineering,…
Three lessons I learned by going offline for a month on the Cape Wrath Trail
It isn’t really about technology at all. In January 2019, when attempting to explain why I felt compelled to leave the internet behind for my winter Cape Wrath…