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Week one of Dad's new hip

The best things I've done this week that didn't involve looking at my phone

Practical gifts for outdoorsy people

Reflecting on a nomadic year

Not a Mountain Leader (yet)

A week in my life

Three of my favourite winter walks in the Lake District

Apparently it's good to slow down

Learning new things as an adult

Adventures under £100 (#1)

Celebrating four years of self-employment

Embracing the simple solution

A night at Britain's most remote hostel

Reintroducing Coasting

An exciting post day

September in books

Crewing the 330km Tor Des Geants race

Running 100km around Mont Blanc: 25 hours of dust and doubts

Getting ready to run 100km around the Alps

Going cold turkey on true crime

The part of writing that doesn't involve any writing

Thinking about the future out loud

The promises we make to ourselves

My favourite running snacks

Why running an ultramarathon is really quite relaxing

Everything I've read so far this year

Tortoise on the trails and other surprising things

Bears, bagpipes and forgotten tent poles

A solo trip to America

"Sorry, I'm useless."

Becoming a cat person

More books, more walks, less pints

Everything I loved last year

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