Friday, October 9th, 2015 Same morning routine: alarm at 6:15am, breakfast at 7am – Bernadine kept me company, very nice. Before I walked out the door she showed me the guestbook entry from Louise and Bill Paxton, of which I took…
Thursday, October 8th, 2015 This was the day that announced itself as quite possibly the hardest one of my walk; and some walkers I’d met going the other way had hinted at that as well. And it lived up to…
Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 With the promise of an easy day I aimed to be on the trail at 8am instead of 7:30am. Porridge for breakfast, and ready to go. I’d ordered a cab at the Royal Oak in Welshpool…
Tuesday October 6th, 2015 I didn’t sleep to well the night before, but not because of the B&B, room or bed, which were in order very welcoming, nice and cozy and comfy. Maybe it was the second cup of tea…
Monday, October 5th, 2015 Breakfast at 7am and Mike took me to my starting point for my walk. Well, actually, on my request he took me about 2km further, to where the Path left the road. I figured with the…
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 As expected sleeping above a pub would be, last night’s rest wasn’t as sound(proof) as the previous nights. The Druid Inn quieted down around 10:30pm but then some guests of the Inn, who, I think, had…
Friday, October 2nd, 2015 I slept really well that night. I woke up at 3:15am, but mind you, I went to bed at 7:50pm so that was already more than 7hours. Bit too early to get up, so turned around…
Thursday, October 1st I slept quite well and woke up around 5am. At 7am I went for a look in the breakfast room where Swan spotted me and made me porridge (on my request). After saying my good-byes I was…
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 And so The Walk (take 2) begins. I arrived at Prestatyn train station right on time at 16:23, after a surprisingly smooth trip all the way from Gent. Several trains were involved: Gent to Brussel-Zuid, Eurostar…
Had a wonderful long weekend in Austin to help celebrate Anjou and Neil’s wedding. Flew out Thursday and landed in the late afternoon just in time to enjoy an early meal and drink at Eddie V’s. Later in the evening,…
In 2004 I did Offa’s Dyke, or at least part of it. It was the first time I’d ever embarked on a long distance hike, solo or otherwise. I have since come to love these experiences and I am also…
On Sunday, August 2nd it was packing time again as the next day I left for my summer trip to Europe. London – 4-6 August First stop was London where I arrived on the morning of the 4th after a sleepless flight…
Joined Darrin, Lisa and Jeff for a 4 day ice-climb of Mt Baker’s North Ridge. Had a wonderful time and reached the summit.
A quick trip up the I5 to climb Mt Shasta with Darrin and Lisa. The weather was not kind to us and we did not even attempt the summit. Instead we did a little skills training. Great weekend nonetheless.
About 20 years ago we started dreaming of this trip and now, incredibly, we have completed it, and are back home. The ‘back home’ part still feels a bit surreal every now and then. No more planning of the next…
