With summer comes wind….
A weekend in work-recovery mode. Two photos to show the changing season:
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Trails, fire-roads and a touch of bushbashing
After a stunningly busy work week, I’d intended to ‘rest my legs’ a bit – I failed. Not much stopping …
Fettling: the birth of a new bicycle – Part 3. Fat-tail….
For reasons diverse, I’ve ’29er’d’ the front of my fat-bike. This morning was spent building the wheel, and this afternoon …
Jarrahdale: early start
I’m awake at 5am – light creeping in, and more audibly, a hungry cat. After blearily tipping some food into …
Weekday Kalamunda solitude
While Sarah is sampling the delights of an increasingly autumnal Scotland, I’m keeping the cat company and making the most …
Sarah: Cycling (and swimming) across Scotland
In case anyone’s wondering what the heck I was doing swimming in a Scottish river in the middle of October, …
Sarah: DO NOT try this at home!
The water’s fast and furious but it never even crosses my mind to turn back. It’s not that I decide …
Sarah: Mount Keen (not) by the Fungal Road
Ever since Tom and I lived in Edinburgh we’ve owned a pocket-sized mountain bike guide book of wild trails around …
Across Wales: sunshine and sog
“Visiting Friends and Family” – the tick-box on the Australian Immigration form. A join-the-dots process of sufficient complexity one of …
Sarah: England’s green and pleasant lands
Having finished my 3 month work contract, I’m off again, just for a relatively short one this time…. I’ll be …
Sarah: Bike shuffles
I guess the concept of a “car shuffle” is pretty common in “outdoorsy” circles, and especially amongst paddlers. The idea …
Sarah: The hardest part
It’s been two years now since you left on a Big Adventure. You were gone for twenty months, have been …
Tasmania: Lake St Clair and a taste of the Overland
A welcome, but too brief, return to Tasmania gave me a couple of days in which to head out into …
Inspiration: photography from the space between places
The airline choose-your-own pacification screens can produce something that lodges deeper than you think. In 2010, shortly before we left …
Sarah: While the cat’s away
Well, actually, he isn’t, he’s right here observing as I type – it’s Tom who’s away. After taking him (Tom, …
