The blog / The journey
on October 21, 2013 at 1:08 pm ×
“Oh, he loves you!” say sentimental people about Chico quite often. After 850 miles, I tend to think I’ve just worn him down. We’ve both formed habits of nearly five months’ reiteration, and some of them could be mistaken for that most ephemeral of emotions. Everything changed for me at […]
The blog / The journey
on October 1, 2013 at 10:42 pm ×
Yet another first of the month – that makes four. For some reason my mum says ‘white rabbits, white rabbits’ rather than ‘a pinch and a punch’, but my long-eared creature of choice is still this funny old donkey, cruising about alongside my tent, pretending not to be interested in […]
The blog / The journey
on September 21, 2013 at 10:03 pm ×
We were in the South Wales Echo on the 11th of September, and online here. Nice piece and picture – thanks Echo!
The blog / The journey
on September 20, 2013 at 1:05 pm ×
It astonishes me every evening how little a donkey needs compared to a human being. Even with my needs pared down to the carryable minimum, making him happy for the night takes a fraction of the things and time that making me happy takes. He sorts himself out with a […]
The blog / The journey
on September 16, 2013 at 2:49 pm ×
There I was thinking of us as a bit of a damp, shonky travelling circus – a funny one-liner of an idea that’s persisting beyond its best-before date, as I’m still walking around Wales with a donkey, after months and months and months – when a wonderful friend writes a […]
The blog / The journey
on September 4, 2013 at 3:43 pm ×
Turning the southeastern corner of Wales coincided perfectly with the beginning of September – new term, new season, new compass point to follow. The middle of the day is still as blazing hot as some of those heatwave days of July, but the dew is getting heavy and the shadows […]
The blog / The journey / Where are we now?
on September 2, 2013 at 7:19 am ×
See where we are on a map
The blog / The journey
on August 26, 2013 at 8:19 pm ×
I thought that this inland bit would be easy. 360 whole degrees of route-planning options rather than the 180 that you get on the coast (unless you fancy getting wet), no particular requirements except to head south as fast as possible, green and pleasant lands to camp in, kind affluent […]
The blog / The journey / Where are we now?
on August 26, 2013 at 5:56 pm ×
See where we are on a map? near B4351, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford, Powys HR3 5DE http://goo.gl/maps/cH8XJ
The blog / The journey
on August 12, 2013 at 10:25 pm ×
It’s a very long time since I lived so much in the moment, probably not since primary school, if then. My moment extends to making sure I have some sort of supplies for breakfast, lunch and dinner tomorrow, maps for the next week, a very vague idea of the next […]