Excerpt from Wales Trip, 6-14-2017 The Boots.  For reasons having nothing to do with feet, and everything to do with sopping wet Welsh vegetation, they reek to high heaven.  Cotswold in Cardiff.  I will go there.   By way of update, I bought new boots, binned these and developed some glorious blisters from hiking miles… Read More


As I get ready to embark on another adventure (bike-packing and backpacking in the Outer Hebrides, Skye, and the Orkneys) I have been going through my travel journal from my adventure in Wales, and came across this bit.  It was really meaningful to me as I have a long family history (from long long ago)… Read More