Hiking and travel with pain.

I’m sure this will strike a chord with many of you in the “over 50” bracket, although you may well be younger. It can suddenly seem a little harder to heal after injury or illness,…

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Summer Walking Boots

Finding a perfect pair of boots in your fifties. More specifically, let’s talk boots, walkers over 50, and all the delightful little “bonus features” that can come with that stage of life. I will also…

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Travel and Perimenopause:

Hints and tips for travelling beyond menopause. I thought it was about time I addressed this topic. There is plenty of advice on travelling with periods, but far less discussion around travelling during perimenopause. Perhaps…

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Solo Thru-Hiking in North Yorkshire.

Planning My First Adventure on the Herriot Way “Thru-hiking”, if you’ll forgive me, dear Brits, is a glorious phrase borrowed from our American cousins and gratefully snaffled by me because it perfectly describes the idea…

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South Korea

Seoul for a Short Break? How We Flew to South Korea for Less Than Barcelona I think it must have been last November when we started tossing around ideas for a short Easter getaway. Naturally,…

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