He was right – winter is coming. In fact, it snowed today so, officially, winter is here. I love a bit of winter – cold enough to get snuggly under lots of layers, to light fires and to embrace mulled wine. I also quite like to be organised for winter. Look around, you’ll see a […]
This has been a week for a little nasal gazing
Every flipping year. It’s the same. Just when I think I’ve avoided getting the back-to-school lurgy, I succumb. Wouldn’t it be good if the frequency of snot-storms reduced as you got older? A tiny bit of compensation maybe. This year’s version has been particularly horrible – snotty and bad-tempered. And far worse, of course, than […]
Winter Is Coming! No, Seriously
We all think we’re ready for winter and we think we have time to prepare. After Halloween, we assume there’s a nice little lull through autumn before we have to prepare for that season of chills. This is, of course, complete nonsense. There’s no lull and if you don’t believe me, just go outside. You […]
The life-changing power of a good flask
One year my dad gave me a lovely shiny Thermos for Christmas. It wasn’t very big and it was my first grown-up vacuum flash. It re-launched an interest in hillwalking as, inspired by visions of hot ‘proper’ Feliz Coffee to warm a Munro top, I joined a hillwalking group. Obviously, a hot beverage on a […]