And I hope when I get old I don’t sit around thinking about it
but I probably will,
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
a little of the glory. Well time slips away
and leaves you with nothing, mister, but
boring stories of glory days…
– Bruce Springsteen

One of the pleasures of adventure is nostalgia. Thinking back, flicking through photo albums, remembering good times. Here are a few photos then from my own glory days…

Winter packrafting in Scotland

A photo that reminds me of hundreds and hundreds of happy nights under canvas

Skydiving with my brother (he’s solo on the right)

Daybreak at sea when rowing to France

A sure fire way to reboot your soul – jump into a river

My magnus opus. I’mm not sure I’mll ever trump the highs and lows of cycling round the world

In the summer after university three of us hitchhiked round Spain and France, sleeping on swimming platforms out at sea…

…and running with the bulls

You don’t have to be on the other side of the world to create your fond memories. England’s Lake District

Dawn on the Kaveri during my walk through India

The first step: after school I headed to Africa for a year of epiphanies. This is where it all began

This post originally featured on the Ooh website.