My gadget packing list for the trails
UPDATED Feb 2019! I am updating this post because it’s been three years since I last talked about the gadgets I carry on trails, so I thought I’d talk about what changes I am going to make. Kindle My Kindle […]
Getting Travel Insurance for Hiking
Travel insurance is pretty essential when you visit another country. In fact it’s essential. Sometimes you even need travel insurance for your own country if you are out hiking or trekking. Now a lot of UK travel insurance companies will […]
TV shows and movies about hiking, adventure and the outdoors
I have decided to provide a mega list of TV shows and movies about hiking. Because there are not so many of them I have included adventure type shows like ones that show survival techniques. I will try and categorize […]
Last day of Bibbulmun 2017 – Balingup to Pemberton, Day 24
After over three walks of walking the Bibbulmun track, my last day came and was a pretty straight forward walk into the small ‘town’ of Pemberton. I was last to leave Beedleup campsite at around 9am and set off at […]
Huge day in the heat – Bal to Pem, Day 23
I awoke very early with the birds and briefly considered going back to sleep and not doing a double day. Then I suddenly felt a surge of energy to get up, pack up and get out. I was walking by […]
Past the halfway – Bal to Pem, Day 22
The guy who said nothing left Tom Road camp very early which meant that I could get up in my own time and have a relaxing start to the day. The shelter was actually one of my favourite on the […]
Short day to Tom Road camp – Bal to Pem, Day 21
I left DRV around 11am knowing I had a short day ahead of me. I had some more food in the general store and then walked up the Donnelly Oval which is a cricket pitch entirely surrounded by huge Karri […]
Hanging out with roos and emus – Bal to Pem, Day 20
After the dramatic food theft of the previous night I was keen to get too Donnelly River Village and fix up my tent. Daniel and I left together but he was doing another double hut (as he does every day) […]
Zero at Gregory Brook and food theft – Bal to Pem, Day 19
I awoke early, as you do on the Bibb and wandered over to the shelter to see who was there. Only one person remained, Daniel from Germany who is thru hiking and was taking a zero day. Most hikers zero […]
Back on track and a night hike – Balingup to Pembleton, Day 18
I had a lovely break at the Bunbury Dolphin Retreat YHA but it was time to get walking again. The buses back to Collie were not daily so it reconfirmed my decison to start again from Balingup. Balingup is where […]