Sarah: CSR final camp gate-crashers
This one’s almost a year out of date and I’ve been sitting on the first draft for months, but maybe …
Category Archives: Sarah’s Story: Random Ramblings
Sarah: In the meantime – Gibb River Road
The highlight of my own long trip around the state was driving the Gibb River Road with my sister, Rachel. …
Sarah: Seeing the boys off
This trip’s been months, no years in the planning yet even so there’s a flurry of last minute preparations and …
Sarah: “¿Tiene hijos?”
“Do you have children?” All the way down the Americas the question comes, about three minutes into any conversation, in …
Sarah: Jordan impressions Part 2 – Reluctant cycle tourist
A two-week Middle Eastern bike tour, born not from dreaming or desire but as an accident of timing: a course, …
Sarah: Jordan impressions – Permaculture in the Dead Sea Valley
“Permaculture? I thought this was a biking blog!” I hear you say. Well, in my mind at any rate, there …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Sarah: Sunny weekend in May
Tom’s teaching a course, but the sun’s shining, gorgeously for this late in the season and we’ve had far too …
Sarah: Afterwords
“Thank you”. The word feels awkward in my mouth, shape and sound all wrong, I´m choking back the much more …
