I’d gone to bed with a not altogether favourable opinion of Shap. But this morning as the sunshine streaked into […]
Coast to Coast – Patterdale to Shap
What a blissfully quiet and comfortable night. There is an extra quality to sleep that comes after really hard work, […]
Coast to Coast – Rosthwaite to Patterdale
That day off made all the difference. P and I were both at the point where blisters were beginning to […]
Coast to Coast – Ennerdale to Rosthwaite
Today’s section was, said Tom “the most physically demanding thing I’ve ever done”. Coming from someone who hiked above 5,000 […]
Coast to Coast – St Bees to Ennerdale
I was woken this morning by the chuntering of a two-carriage train at the station below our bedroom window. St […]
Leaving Ladakh
I’ve chosen to remember our last days in Ladakh like this Although to be quite honest there was also a […]
Sham Valley
When we arrived back at Nimmu House an elderly woman was making her way around the outside of the building […]
Back in Leh
Ok. You’ve just arrived in Leh, you’re looking at the mad traffic, the cows in the street, the languid dogs, […]
Gompas
Both P and I were up with the sunrise this morning for a last look from our patio, as the […]
Hemis Festival
In the late 19th century a Crimean adventurer called Nicholas Notovitch broke his leg while visiting Ladakh and was taken […]
The Magic Bus 