Sometimes they just don’t align with reality. Often our social conditioning leads us to anticipate outcomes based on considered norms, or past experiences around what we expect to happen, or how we think people should behave. We are surprised or disappointed when this doesn’t happen. When actually, often it was never guaranteed in the first … Read more

It took me a whole day to pack. A whole day!!! At least 6 hours of my life I will never have again but hopefully I have all the right things. It’s was very tight getting everything due to the sleeping bag. It led me to thinking how much emphasis we put on “stuff” – … Read more

Last week my good friend Sarah and I spent 4 days in the Pyrenees. We walked almost 50 km over 4 days, climbing a total of 2092 m – our highest daily ascent was 732 m – which is a lot, with legs as short as mine! And the best news… we both felt fine! … Read more

This is me – today is the first day of my ‘mini break’. I’m taking a month off to prepare for my charity trek – the Inca trail, Peru in just under 4 weeks time… (huge thank you to Emma for looking after everything until I get back!) No make up, messy hair and the … Read more

Here we are almost at the end of 2021 and what a year it has been! Who would have thought that we would still be navigating the Covid world to such a degree, unable to freely travel and see loved ones? It’s been a busy year for me and I’ve been a little quiet, so … Read more