Adventures covers a lot, from a spa at home to glamping to making masks to big adventures like paragliding, kayaking and dogsledding.
Broadly, my adventures fall under the headings of On the Water, On the Ground, On the Rocks and In the Snow so do take a scroll or look at my top menu to find your favourite adventurous activity. Other than bungee jumping, if you can think of it I’ve probably tried it.
Entering the world of wetsuits is a wild and scary one. There’s a wetsuit for every activity and they come with quite the price tag. So, in case you’re just entering this world and have no idea where to start, I thought I’d tell you about mine, which is the Peak UK Centre Long John. It’s… More Peak UK Centre Long John wetsuit review
It’s three and a half weeks since I walked the South Downs Way and I guess it’s time to switch my brain on and do a little analysis. I knew what this post was going to say, word for word, while I was limping through the countryside but when I got home and tried to… More What I learned about myself, long-distance hiking and kit on the South Downs Way
Not all of it! I didn’t walk the entire length of the South Downs Way. I didn’t even walk the entire length of what I had planned. But I managed 28km of it, which is 17.5% and that’s not bad. My plan was days one and two as given by both the South Downs Way… More I walked the South Downs Way!
I like to do new things, strange things, fun things. This time I did a glassblowing taster session – that is, i did a very short session designed for absolute beginners. It was at The Glass Hub, near Bath and there were eight of us. We were dressed up in kevlar gloves and sleeves –… More I tried glassblowing (I can’t do it)
I like stargazing. There. That’s the post. When I first wrote this post, it was supposed to be for two Mondays ago but for various reasons it got pushed back. Originally, it would have been a year almost to the day since I wrote my first stargazing post and the idea was to reflect a… More Stargazing, a year on
I’ve talked many times about my Level 2 Walking Qualification but I realise I’ve always been a bit vague about what that involves. Well, in 2023 I want to get at least three more logbook walks and so in recognition of putting at least a little work into it, I’m going to start the year… More I’m working towards my Open country walking qualification
Yesterday I talked vaguely about having a lazy weekend. Hot tub, children’s books, biscuits, that sort of thing. Well, today let’s do the “what did I do?” post. Friday doesn’t count. I arrived Friday and stargazed from the hot tub. Very nice. On Saturday, after an early-morning snow flurry, I went to Yeovil in the… More Glamping in the snow
And we come to the semi-live part of Blogmas! At the time of publishing, I’m in Germany and I only had a handful of hours last Monday afternoon to get this post finished between returning from my glamping trip and heading off at 5am for the flight to Germany! Anyway, welcome to the Forager shepherd’s… More A winter wellness break in a tin hut
A week or so ago, I talked about going to the Christmas events in Bournemouth: the Christmas Tree Wonderland and the market but also mentioned that I went ice skating. Well, this is that post. A little background. First, inline skating was the thing to do when I was junior school age. Bikes took over… More I can’t ice skate! (or can I?)
As you can tell from the title, I did indeed go ringoing – or to put it another way, I slid down a hill on a big rubber ring! It’s here in Blogmas because it’s a snowsport. You’ve probably realised by now that Blogmas around here is more winter-themed and snow-themed than Christmas-themed. I did… More I went ringoing!