It is a fine thing to sleep in the hills on hot summer's nights. Stars, moonlight a breath of breeze to deter the midges, swifts at dusk then possibly nightjars later. A mattress of soft, dry grass and springy heather. And a view to make you smile when the sun wakes you up. #yorkshire #blog #goniceplacesdogoodthings #neverstopexploring
The river Kaveri is one of the 5 great holy rivers of India, revered by pilgrims for centuries. From its source amongst the coffee and cardamon plantations in the cool hills of the Western Ghats, the river flows 500 miles across southern India towards the hot plains of Tamil Nadu and the Bay of Bengal.
A microadventure is an adventure that is short, simple, local, cheap – yet still fun, exciting, challenging, refreshing and rewarding.
I spent six weeks in the Canadian Arctic on an Ice Base on the frozen Arctic Ocean at 78 degrees north (at the spot often referred to in polar races as ‘The North Pole’, though in fact it was the 1996 location of the magnetic North Pole).
