Not-So-Burning Horse Festival
It's been a long time since I've been to a festival. In my late twenties, I had a short sharp stint of a few years prancing around...
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- Feb 24
- 4 min
Back to Bhaktapur
Sometimes when you're travelling, the closest thing you have to home comforts is just being in the same place twice. I was tempted to...
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- Feb 24
- 5 min
Escape to Bhaktapur
I woke up miserable. Being scammed the day before had really done a number on me and my trust in people had been shaken. The streets I'd...
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- Feb 23
- 8 min
That Time I Got Scammed
Day 21 was not a great day for my travel confidence. In fact it was a very very bad one. I'd just said goodbye to the remaining people...
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- Feb 22
- 5 min
Monkeying around the Monkey Temple
I woke up to a really mixed bag of emotions. I was tired and my head was busy with the failed Base Camp trek, past relationships and...
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- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
The Great Queenstown Return!
Arrrrrrgghhhhhhhhh, I'M BACK IN NEW ZEALAND!! The Remarkables from Kelvin Peninsula - Prints Available After seven months of bimbling...
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- Dec 29, 2022
- 4 min
Dipping Toes in Kathmandu
Back from Chitwan it was time to start exploring Kathmandu. Which, for the record, as someone who is nervous of solo travel, is...
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- Dec 22, 2022
- 6 min
Not So Everest Base Camp - Recovery
Five days in and I'd been helicoptered off the Everest Base Camp trek, diagnosed with HACE. In all honesty, as life threatening...
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- Dec 6, 2022
- 7 min
Not So Everest Base Camp
Last year I was an extremely lucky chap and won a trek to Everest Base Camp with 360 Expeditions. I'll never forget the moment. I went in...
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- Oct 21, 2022
- 4 min
Nomadic Bimbling - UK Summer 2022
Waiting for my New Zealand tourist visa to reset, I've been dabbling with nomadic living in the UK. It's been a rather weird Summer full...
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- Aug 17, 2022
- 3 min
Farragon Hill - Bike, Hike, Corbett Surprise!
Straight off the back of walking the Speyside Way I only had one day left in Scotland and ever since I'd arrived I'd seen a really big...
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- Jan 17, 2022
- 12 min
Angelus to Hopeless Hut. New Year. New Misadventures.
A three day loop hike via Roberts Ridge to Angelus Hut. Sunset Saddle and Angelus Peak. Then down to Hopeless Hut. Drama ensued. As usual!
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- Dec 2, 2021
- 6 min
Stewart Island Shenanigans - Mud Mud Mud Mud!
Freshwater Hut to Mason Bay Hut - 3-4 Hours - 15.5km My New Zealand visa was running out for the fourth time so I needed to get the hell...
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- Oct 4, 2021
- 4 min
Scott Basin - A Plan With Two Dans
Day 1 - Dart Valley to Scott Basin Another weekend. Another Otago outdoor epic! This time I hopped in the car with Tamasin Christina...
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- Sep 27, 2021
- 6 min
Creeped Out up the Copland Track
Day 1 - Copland Track to Welcome Flat Hut With the visa deadline looming (for the fourth time) I joined a "girls hike" up the Copland...
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- Sep 24, 2021
- 6 min
A Winter Routeburn Birthday
Eighteen months into my five week holiday and I found myself having a second birthday in New Zealand. The first one was pretty epic, with...
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- Jun 21, 2021
- 4 min
Painting A Frosty Kepler Track
Day 1 - Te Anau to Luxmore Hut Kepler Track Ridge Prints Available The Kepler Track is one of @docgovtnz's Great Walks. A 60km loop from...
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- Jun 12, 2021
- 2 min
Painting from Wye Creek
Queenstown from Wye Creek - Prints available Queenstown is a tricky for someone who travels by bike because although there is 160km of...
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- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
Luxmore Hut Overnighter - Kepler Track
Day 1 - Luxmore Hut & Caves Lake Te Anau from Luxmore Hut - Prints available Wooho, what an amazing trip! Time to test my gammy hip with...
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- May 11, 2021
- 8 min
Painting the Milford Track - My First Multi-Day Hike
My visa was running out so I tried to leave New Zealand for Australia. Instead I got stuck in a lockdown, lived in a tent in a rain storm...
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