"I slow down when hiking. The rhythm of nature is more leisurely. The sun comes up, it moves...
ISLE OF SKYE // RUBHA NAM BRATHAIREAN
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ISLE OF SKYE // QUIRAING
"Do activities you're passionate about - which make your heart and soul feel perky - including...
ISLE OF SKYE // FAIRY GLEN
"In the Highlands, in the country places, Where the old plain men have rosy faces, And the...
ISLE OF SKYE // OLD MAN OF STORR
"My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a...
ISLE OF SKYE // DRIVING 442 MILES FOR CHRISTMAS
"Location is everything, I’d rather camp in the Lake District or Scotland than sit in a five-star...
WALES // ELAN VALLEY
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all...
WALES // MID WALES VIEWS
"I’m learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company." ~ Zoe Saldana I...
LAKE DISTRICT // LOWER MAN, WHITESIDE & RAISE
"Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking. You have grown outside the...
LAKE DISTRICT // HELVELLYN
"Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing the...
LAKE DISTRICT // CATBELLS
“Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold...
LAKE DISTRICT // WAINWRIGHTS
“The fleeting hour of life of those who love the hills is quickly spent, but the hills are...
WELSH 3000s
The top of one mountain is always the bottom of another. Marianne Williamson I may or may not have...
Emma's Adventure Bucket List
“If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb mountains, and to paddle rivers, to fly to the planets and plunge into the depths of the oceans… When man ceases to do these things, he is no longer man.” – Wilfrid Noyce
My Wales
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS!