The past few weeks have flown by. I expected these last pre-departure weeks to feel akin to a long, nervous stay in a doctor’s waiting room, but it pleases me to say they have felt anything but. I surprised myself by taking on another teaching job, one which would see me through to the Easter […]

I wake slowly and realise it is already light. This was not immediately obvious because I was buried deep down in my sleeping bag. I check the walls of the tent – no condensation! Hooray! Yesterday everything was soaked, inside and out, and there were beads of moisture all over my sleeping bag. But today […]

Today I am a bundle of nerves. Although I have been planning to do some practice hikes and camping in the Peak District for a while, I haven’t actually spent much time planning the logistics of it. So today’s list of things to do overwhelms me: pack my rucksack. Buy three days worth of food. […]