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Camino de Primitivo – Day 1
Camino de Primitivo – Day 1 My first day on the Camino Primitivo. Started with breakfast in Oviedo and headed out about 9:30. A late start for me on a trail but I had a very short walk today, only … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Adventure, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, backpacking, Camino, Camino de Primitivo, hike, hiking, revkane, spain, travel, walking
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Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (bizarro world)
Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (bizarro world) You can read my last post about most of my last day hike on the Great Glen Way for the straight story. What follows is a somewhat embellished, somewhat … Continue reading
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Tagged bizarro world, blog, great glen, happiness, hiking, scotland, walking
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Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (straight story)
Day 5 Great Glen Way – Drumnodrochit to Inverness (the straight story) The long walk home. So I’ll be writing two versions of my 5th day on the Great Glen. The first will be the fairly standard trip report of … Continue reading
Day 4 Great Glen Way – Invermorsten to Drumnodrochit
Day 4 Great Glen Way – Invermorsten to Drumnodrochit A peaceful and mellow day on the trail. Started with a massive thousand foot climb, one of two for the day. The first one does the altitude in an a little … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, behappy, happiness, hike, hiking, scotland, travel, Uk, walking
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Day 3 Great Glen Way – Laggan to Invermorsten
Day 3 Great Glen Way – Laggan to Invermorsten First view of Loch Ness A long day today, 18 5 miles from Laggan to Invermorsten. After a great stay at the Forest Lodge BnB I set out at 8AM and … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, behappy, happiness, hike, hiking, scotland, travel, walking
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Day 7 (final day) West Highland Way – Kinlochleven to Fort Williams
Day 7 (final day) West Highland Way – Kinlochleven to Fort Williams This would be one of those weather days you just can’t bring yourself to trust. Windy, chilly, some minor rain early that let up. All day it seemed on … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, behappy, happiness, hike, hiking, travel, walking
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Day 1 – Hiking the West Highland Way
Day 1 – Hiking the West Highland Way Day 1 saw me leaving Glasgow for Milngavie (pronounced Mull-guy) and hitting the trail. I was excited to get hiking and got to the train early. Arriving in Milngavie early paid off, … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Adventure, hiking, personal happiness
Tagged adventure, backpacking, happiness, hike, hiking, scotland, travel, Uk, walking, West Highland Way
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Appalachian Trail Happiness: What A Difference A Year Makes
Appalachian Trail Happiness: What A Difference A Year Makes Arriving at one goal is the starting to another ~ John Dewey So last year at this time I was in my first week on the Appalachian Trail. It was an … Continue reading
Posted in Appalachian Trail (AT) Happiness, personal happiness
Tagged appalachian trail, AT, AT2016, backcountry, backpacking, friends, happiness, hiking, looking back, walking
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AT Happiness: My First Blue Blaze
AT Happiness: My First Blue Blaze Along the Appalachian Trail, the trail is marked with white blazes to mark the trail. There are also blue blazes that mark some side trails. Often these side trails avoid a peak or hard … Continue reading
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Tagged appalachian trail, backpacking, blue blaze, happiness, hiking, trekking, walking, white blaze
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Happiness is walking with Michael Moore
Happiness is walking with Michael Moore No decisions should ever be made without asking the question, is this for the common good? ~ Michael Moore If I could have my pick of famous … Continue reading
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Tagged happiness, happy, health, life, Michael Moore, positivity, walking
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