Category: Get Lost Walk

I picked myself up and staggered down to the beach to face another blindingly hot day.

I awoke late, sweating in the “onesie” and with a foul taste on my tongue.

But on this sweltering morning, the only outcry came from my hips and shoulders.

The snort jolted me awake.

I switched on my head torch to navigate the flights of steps leading down to the beach.

Hitchhiking is good for the soul.

The day of departure loomed and I went into overdrive. Nine days is not long to plan and prepare for a trek of the magnitude I had set my heart on. I spent the final weekend in a rush of anxiety and elation. I bought enough food to sustain me for the first two weeks […]

Since time immemorial, men have left their caves, grass huts or whatever with their women’s parting counsel ringing in their ears: “Don’t come home until you’ve found me a big fat woolly mammoth!” Rose made it clear she expected me to come home with the modern equivalent of a successful hunt. “If you’re going to […]

This expedition would be done on a shoestring budget or not at all.

This walk would be a grand experiment.