March 30th, 2022 I woke to the noise of Lynn getting ready for work, but not because of the noise of Lynn getting ready for work. I realised that we had been engaged in conversation so much so that we had forgotten to take a group photo for our adventure album, so we quickly throw…
Month: March 2022
Day 4 – Lindisfarne (UK) to Cramlington (UK)
March 29th, 2022 Deborah’s alarm was set for 6 am to give us plenty of time to complete the fifty or so miles planned for the day. Our destination for the day was the home of my oldest school friend and his wife, Andrew and Lynn. While we were almost like brothers from the age…
Day 3 – Skateraw (UK) to Lindisfarne (UK)
March 28th. 2022 It was another cold night in the tent, with temperatures below freezing. We both seemed to sleep well once the East Coast Mainline trains stopped running, but we woke earlier than planned due to the cold, wet air that filled the tent. Our usual expedition tent, an MSR Access 3, is designed…
Blogs are coming…
While we have captured plenty of photos and videos, together with notes so that we don’t forget a minute of the adventure to date, the past few months have finally caught up on us. As a result, by the time we finish for the night and had a bite to eat, we can hardly keep…
Day 2 – South Queensferry (UK) to Skateraw (UK)
March 27th, 2022 In hindsight, we probably could have guessed that sleeping in a marina that has been conveniently built between two road bridges and a rail bridge may not be the quietest of camping locations. While I managed to block out the noise and get a few hours of sleep, Deborah reported that she…
Day 1 – Alloa (UK) to South Queensferry (UK)
March 26th, 2022 To say we had a good night’s sleep would be a lie, although I’m not sure if that was down to the sheer terror at what we have set ourselves up to do for the next two years or the Sirian takeaway we had last night. Regardless of the reason, the 5:30…
Well, Sunday and Monday didn’t go to plan…
We knew Dave Kerr, CHAS’ Communication Lead, would be posting a press release at some point, but we didn’t consider asking exactly when that would be. It, therefore, came at somewhat of a surprise when we woke on Sunday to an inbox of requests for radio and TV interviews. The original plan was to have…
Wow… what a surprise!!
In 2016 I (Bob) was on an IT contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers Middle East, working and living in the city of Doha, Qatar. Deborah remained back at home in Scotland running out Royal Yachting Association (RYA) sailing business, while being on hand if our girls needed a parent, while I endured long hard weekends either scuba…
Why oh, why are we doing this to ourselves…?
On Saturday, March 26th, 2022, we will be leaving the CHAS Rachel House children’s hospice in Fife, Scotland, at the start of a two year (‘ish) cycle around the planet. We are doing this in support of Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) and the Hospicices of Hope Ukraine Appeal. Why are we doing this…? That’s…