Truckers
No matter what journey I have been on or which country that I find myself running in, the trucking community are much the same. Hard-core give it all, take no shit on the road crazy guys and yes, the odd girl in the mix as well. These big
Where have all the bicycles gone?
I must admit that the song sung by Katie Melua needs to be addressed. She mentioned that there are “9 million bicycles in Beijing and that’s a fact.” One noticeable thing that has hit me like a sledge hammer is that there are hardly any bicycles. The last time
It’s all about the rhythm
It’s strange how one needs to find a rhythm in whatever you are doing. No matter what it is, you need to find that sweet spot. When you have it everything just falls into place, it becomes so easy. I feel that perfecting this rhythm, is finding the
Just love life
I think it’s often quite normal to wake up some mornings and it feels like the world is about to close in on you and swallow you up. You just don’t have the energy to get up. This morning was one of those days; tired and sore
Local Life
There is break in the cold snap, the sky has cleared, and the sun beams are radiating warmth into the villages. Slowly the spring blossoms are again popping open, revealing their beauty as the buds turn into delicate flowers. One can almost see it happen as you
Not ready yet
William shared an interesting story about the local village where he has his farm house. There was a lot of activity and preparations in the village, one of the elders, now in his 80’s had been ill for a while and passed away. The family were busy
Snow falls
Its late afternoon and the sky has a grey haze hanging low over the mountains, looking threatening as it begins to darken. There has been this afternoon wind that slowly picks up after midday, blowing in from the North West. It is icy and eats right into
The ‘Bog’ stops
This is always one of the big challenges that one faces on the road. You never know when you are going to have a call of nature; therefore, there is no planned strategy. If you are out there at the top of the mountain along the wall
The farm house
William has this fantastic farm house in a village the lies in the shadows of the wall. On my first trip to China, this is where all the planning happened. This is also where I took my first hike up to the wall. I can recall that
More than just a wall
If one just looks at the Ming section of the wall in isolation, the building process took over 250 years. At any one time there were over one million people involved in the wall building process each year, so you are looking at 250 million man-years of