Trail running to explore the unbeaten path
We recently did an overnight trip with the kids, paddling up Keurbooms river from the coast to ‘Whiskey Creek Cabin’. Keurbooms river (Keurboomsrivier as its also known in Afrikaans) is in the Western Cape, South Africa. It flows in a roughly South-east direction, with it’s outlet feeding into the Indian Ocean near the coastal town … Read more
Global warming is a real issue affecting us now and more so in the coming years. We see the effects to some degree already. From abnormal weather patterns, exceptionally freezing Winters, to flash flooding and prolongued droughts. Global warming is nothing new. In fact scientists from Exxon mobile knew about it 40+ years ago. Yet … Read more
On a cold and rainy December late afternoon, I ran a small section of the Strumble Head Circular coastal trail. I’m always on a mission to explore and catalog various trail running locations that are within close proximity to where I live. To find and decide on Strumble Head, I loaded up my Alltrails app, … Read more
A spontaneous wild camp mini adventure On a typical autumn evening for me, this wonderful year of 2020, I was packing my Osprey Kestrel backpack for a spur of the moment wild camp idea being social and totally working on important stuff. A few nights prior I had decided I wanted to wild camp somewhere … Read more
One thing we’re not short of here in the South Downs of the UK, is mushrooms. Especially at this time of the year. I enjoy spotting new mushrooms popping up on the trails I run, and get a kick out of finding super massive trail running fungus! I’m no expert when it comes to their … Read more