Now some people may not think any type of run contains any type of goodness and it does happen that some runs really don’t contain any goodness at all, but on a good day and if I’m in the mood, I love this route. Primarily the first 10km of the run are on asphalt and…
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A Fine Walk-Through San Nicoló:
The idea for this post started to take form after getting back from a run one morning. My usual route takes me through the pine woodland of Is Compinxeddus and Is Compinxius referred to locally as Rimboschimento. The end of the woodland stretch passes a picnic area, it can be quite a popular spot with…
A Year In Sardegna
The weather has been marvellous, bright warm days with a little wind to temper the sudden increase in temperature. This is in contrast to the weather we arrived to last year which was grey windy and wet, nothing that recently departed Londoners find out of the normal but the contrast to this year is evident…
De Su Guardianu
Standing at the far southern edge of the Costa Verde and at the northern tip of the San Nicolo dunes, with the tiny hamlet of Portixeddu nestled in its southern flanks, De Su Guardianu rises steeply from the sea, its peak running North East towards the beaches of Scivu and Piscinas as the Mumollonis range….
Bushwhacking/Bushwhacked…..
I’m finding that living amongst the mountains is a massive privilege, a bonus I had contemplated when the thought of the impending translocation filled me with anxiety. A huge beautiful something that’s hopefully going to take much of my focus. Maybe amongst is not the correct word to use, due to the fact that we…
We Are Sailing, We are Sailing….
across the sea It’s the 8th of April and evening time the sun has gone and dusk is settling. The police man is reassuring us with his words and approach. “Nothing to be worried about, just don’t want you to get turned back at the other end”. The other end being Santander, as we’re currently…
The Brexit……
So this is the van, the van is full! The van is very full, it has been packed, unpacked and repacked. The vans adventure started in early January as decisions were made and boxes were packed. Ferrying things to a storage unit or passing on items to friends and families. Everything must go, ourselves included………