Monthly Archives: February 2013

My biggest fear with all this tramping is not the weight, or not being able to sleep or night, or even my dodgy knees. It’s fear that I’ll keep Helen (who is much fitter and more experienced than me) waiting …

So here I am back in Brisbane international airport, safe and sound – well sort of. I am meant to be flying to Indonesia for work but the plane got sent back after electrical problems – sigh! Oh well, at …

Six weeks ago when I agreed to go hiking (or as they call it “tramping”) in New Zealand with my friend Helen, it was with a sense of trepidation. Helen spent 10 months hiking around various places in Europe in …