“I can dive in with a long face, and what feels like a terminal case of depression, and come out a whistling idiot. There is a feeling of absolute freedom…
“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in…
“Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It’s great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I’m not complaining,… Those…
“Most of us live in a world where more and more things are signposted, labelled, and officially ‘interpreted’. There is something about all this that is turning the reality of…
“The sea has this contradictory quality, that the more you see of it, the more it overwhelms the eye and disappears in its own brightness. Like a flame, whose meaning…
“After a day’s walk, everything has twice its usual value.” G.M. Trevelyan There is a few coastal path posts this week! Finally catching up on posting, life has been a…
“For hiking is one of those things that you can only do when you have the determination in you.” Unknown About three weeks ago (I am very far behind on…
“You can look in the mirror and find a million things wrong with yourself. Or you can look in the mirror and think, ‘I feel good, I have my health,…
“Online dating is just as murky and full of lemons as finding a used car in the classifieds. Once you learn the lingo, it’s easier to spot the models with…
