I love the New Year. Christmas is for family, friends and food, but the New Year is for planning the future, making goals and exploring the potentials. I was glad 2018 was receding away, taking along with it the pain and uncertainty of an unknown future, but replacing it with more medication and…interesting symptoms. I’veContinue reading “New Year, New Plans”
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New paths, old territory
For a very long time, I have avoided the power of woo. Let me explain. Over the years I’ve seen the impact of self motivation, leadership talks and self belief, plus seen (and experienced) the effect counselling and mental healthcare can have on the individual, and am of the mind that if it falls inContinue reading “New paths, old territory”
Exploring your own back yard
I have always been focused on the big hills and mountains of Wales, Scotland and the openness of Dartmoor, as well as the cold wildness of the Norwegian mountains and fjords from my younger service life. I hadn’t really explored the south east, only seeing the crowded towns, housing estates and roads of the southContinue reading “Exploring your own back yard”
New paths in familiar territory
After a failed attempt in December 2017 to get to the highest tops on Dartmoor in the the North (At that time I was exhausted, I thought it was because I was fat and out of shape – I was, but I think the SLE played a part!), it was time to try again. AndContinue reading “New paths in familiar territory”
First steps on Dartmoor
Is starting something like this supposed to be easy? I don’t know for others, but sometimes I procrastinate. The will is there but the body is a bit slow to catch up… The start had been made last year, at the end of April 2018. All the hills had been identified, routes planned and timeContinue reading “First steps on Dartmoor”
Walking with the Wolf 