Charity Walks, Cycles and other Challenges

I get caught up in the idea of various events for charity.  I somehow have ended up on all their mailing lists, don’t know how that happened.  Sometimes like today I see something that I think would be really interesting to do. But I have learned from unpleasant experiences with charities in the past.  A [...]

How to Choose the Best Walking Boots

It’s important to have the right footwear for your level of hiking, more so if you are going on a walking holiday. Different styles are more suitable for different levels than others. For instance, if you enjoy light hiking or backpacking, some features may be surplus to your needs and therefore add unnecessary weight. On [...]

Preparing for the Camino Frances

After quite a few years it looks like I am going to have the time this year to go back and walk a reasonable part of the Camino Frances.  The last time I walked was in 2005, I had also walked the route in 2004. For the last few years work has been so busy [...]

Walking in Glendalough

Glendalough, Ireland

I was out hill walking yesterday for the first time this year, and the first time for a few months.  Glendalough is my normal choice when I want somewhere easy to get to and is not too difficult.  But yesterday my lack of walking fitness was quite apparent. The walk has an easy 2km to [...]

Making a Plan for the Year Ahead

We just got home from food shopping and I said to Anna I am going to write a blog post.  She said “about your shopping experience?” laughing at me.  I hate shopping, I hate waiting in queues, and today I was getting very grumpy, and maybe expressing it just a tiny little bit. So, you [...]

Can I Become a Better Blogger?

That is something I have been asking myself over the last few months.  I used to write a lot, I started this website simply because I wanted to write on the Internet, and I loved the experience of publishing my ideas, opinions, and thoughts – and getting others thoughts on what I had written.

My Personal 30 Day Challenge

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November seems to be a good month to challenge myself, the clocks have went back an hour, its dark and it is one of those nothing months in the lead up to Christmas.  Additionally I have not really pushed myself to a deadline on a personal basis for quite some time, I have been a [...]

I Built a Cage For Myself – What Happened?

I started this website 4 1/2 years ago, and quickly discovered that I liked writing on the net.  Quickly on the heals of that I discovered that I could also make money writing on the web.  So once this website was up and running I started building other websites and then life kinda happened. I [...]

Rabanal del Camino, Spain

Cruz de Faro

Field Report from Rabanal del Camino, Spain Wednesday, June 9, 2010 The four of us (Bob, Rowena, Chard and me) have now completed more than half our tour of duty here in Rabanal.  We are scheduled for departure one week from today and are all a bit nostalgic about it.  We agree that the experience [...]

Am I Being Stalked On The Internet

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Or am I just being paranoid?  Does it matter? I own a few websites now and I still find it really freaky when I see many searches to my sites that use my name.  I have my own blog on my own name lesliegilmour.com but I don’t write there much now – however it is [...]