On our way to pick up our van we stopped in the beautiful Canadian province of Newfoundland (and Labrador, but we didn’t get into that part!), and toured around for 4 days. Our first afternoon in the capital of St…
Yesterday, we dropped off our beloved fire engine at the Port of Liverpool. We’ll (hopefully) see it again in Halifax on the 17th of July.
In March 2017 we popped over to Germany to get a gas safety certificate for our gas installation. The plan was simple. We’d nip in to the gas appointment at 8am on the Monday morning, make sure everything was legal, and…
Mountains are awesome. Not that that’s news or anything, but it’s definitely worth reminding oneself every once in a while. The last couple of months have been pretty hard at work, both mentally and physically. The stress of finishing my PhD…
An overview of our brilliant 5 day trip hiking around the Julian Alps in September 2015. The best laid plans…. “Come and have a look at this Janneke” Knut beckons me over to the map of the Julian Alps in…
For those of you who don’t know our master plan – Knut and I are planning to start driving the pan American highway in July 2017. And, to do this, we want to convert our own van and ship it…
A brief look back at the half marathons I’ve taken part in over the last 3 years. The first Resolution Richmond – 30/03/2014 Time: 2.11.45 Getting to my first half marathon was quite a challenge. Turns out Brooklands race track is…
After we spent most of our Saturday indoors, researching vans, insurances and other exciting things for our big trip next year, we needed to get out. So Janneke did some late night planning and we decided to take a train…
Getting to this year’s Rab Mountain Marathon was a bit of a mission. Because Janneke had a presentation to give late Friday afternoon, I drove the rental car up to Doncaster and she hopped on a train to meet me there. Due…
In preparation for my Estonia running trip here’s a little insight into the typical conversations I’ve had over the last few weeks with pretty much ANYONE I’ve spoken to about what I’m doing. So what exactly are you doing? I’m…