Everyday Adventures #27
A couple of months catch up, from snowy peaks to sunny beaches.
Sorry, it’s been a while since my last newsletter in February. It’s been a very busy couple of months with trips and us buying our first house (although thankfully we didn’t have to move - thank you landlord!)
I’ll cover all the adventures I’ve managed to find in below, with a wide range of weather from snow capped hills to t-shirt worthy walks along the beach.
Here’s a round up of some adventures over the past month:
Skiing in Vysoke
I was midway through my trip when I posted #EverydayAdventures26 in February. There was a quite solace in writing from the living room of a mountain side house, overlooking snow-capped valley from the window.
The skiing was it usual, slow, anxious meander down the mountains and kids flew past me at full speed, but confidence is building and every year I give new runs a try, pushing myself to actually try and learn to ski properly.
My favourite thing about this trip each year is the low pace of life in the Czech mountains. Taking a walk each morning up to into the village to get fresh bread from the bakery, before heading back home for breakfast, feels like the norm. I’m normally bursting to get out and get going when I’m on a trip, but Vysoke makes me feel the complete opposite.
Spring Trails
I’ve been walking more often, in part thanks to a walking challenge in Feb, and it’s continued over in the spring months. There’s an almost perfect week or two just before the clocks change to British Summertime where you can finish work at 5pm, head straight out for a walk and watch the sunset over fields beginning to fill with life. It’s a beautiful way to switch off from work and spend some time outdoors.
Norfolk Coast Path
We made the most of the bank holiday weekend with our first van trip since New Year. It feels like too late in the year to be going on a first trip, but we’ve both been off doing our own adventures and not had time to get away together.
I love revisiting the Norfolk coast ever since doing the full coast path walk back in 2021 because it’s a chance to revisit some of the beauty I only got a glimpse at the first time round.
We spent a couple of days between Hunstanton and Wells, walking the 7-mile coastal path section between Burnham and Wells on Easter Sunday.
When I find myself with free time that isn’t spent outdoors, I usually end up reading or watching other people spend their time outside.
Russ Cook takes some office workers from London to the Colombian Jungle to experience life in a tribe.
OSMaps shares some data an insight into how people are becoming more motivated to get outside.
You can walk from any town in Britain to any other, using this volunteer-built map from Slow Ways.
This one popped up on my suggested list on kindle and perked enough interest for me to give it a go. Nomadland by Jessica Bruder explores the growing populace of van dwellers in the US who move around the country in their vans and RV’s.
Jessica spends time getting to know these modern day nomads, living on the road with them and learning all about their stories and what brought them to the road. A gritty truth of poverty and loss lies behind the steering wheel for many but their the freedom of the road gives back that sense of purpose. A truly honest look into nomadic living and the role it plays in peoples lives.
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