Wednesday 19 August 2015

Fixie Foot Tour

After getting the all-clear last week to do anything other than running, or heavy hiking, I’ve decided to go away on the bike for a while and ease the foot back into outdoor action. Hiking isn't a realistic option just yet (foot needs another 4 weeks) so I’ve decided to cycle/packraft instead. Part 1 of my tour is 330km of off-road biking along the Pennine Bridleway, before returning home, to fit more road friendly tires and the packraft and cycle north. I don’t have much of a plan at this stage, and I have no idea know how long I will go for, but it’s just nice to be getting out there again.

Pennine Bridleway

Saturday 8 August 2015

CDT early exit


Sometimes hikes just don’t turn out as planed and unfortunately that’s been the case with the CDT. Regrettably I’ve been back in the UK for 3 weeks, with a fractured foot, after only covering 307mi of Montana (around 1/10th of the total CDT). Things had been going so well and I was already a couple of days ahead of schedule, conditions were perfect with snow levels throughout Glacier National Park the lowest they'd been for years.