Blogs in June 2017

Mud, Sweat and Gears: Cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats (Via the Pub) 2nd June 2017

As Ellie’s fiftieth birthday approaches and her ambitions of a steady income, a successful career and an ascent of Everest seem as far away as ever, she begins to doubt she’s capable of achieving anything at all. So when...

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Too Narrow to Swing a Cat: Going Nowhere in Particular on the English Waterways 2nd June 2017

She was particularly taken with the small narrow ledges that ran along either side of the boat. For a cat, four inches is an airport runway – she could dance a Moonwalk along them on her two hind legs,...

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Eat, Sleep, Cycle: A Bike Ride Around the Coast of Britain 2nd June 2017

For Anna, a cycling enthusiast, the decision to ride 4,000 miles solo around the coast of the UK wasn’t that hard. Following the river from London until it became the sea, then following the sea until it reached the...

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One Man and a Narrowboat: Slowing Down Time on England’s Waterways 2nd June 2017

If I’d really been serious about getting to grips with my mid-life crisis, then I’d have been better opting for a course of therapy than going off travelling. Or if I had to travel, I’d have been better opting...

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Wild Nights: Camping Britain’s Extremes 2nd June 2017

It’s not until we push ourselves past our perceived limits, till we feel so cold and so tired that we feel we can’t go on any further, that we discover what we are truly capable of… Britain’s most famous...

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